Kairos (kai ROS)
The Greek word for time, place, circumstances of a subject. Gorgias maintained that since there was no absolute truth, two antithetical statements could be made on any subject: only by reference to kairos could one decide which side to take.
A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms, Second Edition, Richard A. Lanham, 1991
The Greek word for time, place, circumstances of a subject. Gorgias maintained that since there was no absolute truth, two antithetical statements could be made on any subject: only by reference to kairos could one decide which side to take.
A Handlist of Rhetorical Terms, Second Edition, Richard A. Lanham, 1991
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