Moment

Title
Moment
Publication Date
2014
Author(s)
McDonald, William
Editor
Editor(s): Steven Emmanuel, William McDonald and Jon Stewart
Type of document
Book Chapter
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing
Place of publication
Farnham, United Kingdom
Edition
1
Series
Kierkegaard Research Sources, Reception and Resources
UNE publication id
une:16644
Abstract
The Danish word 'Øieblik' is derived from the word for "eye" ('Øie') and the word for "glint" or "glance" or "twinkle" ('Blik') and means: a very short interval of time, commensurate with the twinkling of an eye - an instant.1 The Danish word 'Moment' is ultimately derived, via the French 'moment', from the Latin 'movere' - to move. Among its Danish meanings are something with the power to move (cf. momentum); a relationship or circumstance of great importance (cf. momentous); a turning point in a development, which is of decisive importance; and a brief period of time, which is of decisive importance. This article will focus primarily on Kierkegaard's uses of 'Øieblik', with occasional references to his uses of 'Moment'. However, the connotations 'Moment' has of decisive importance and the power to move are incorporated into Kierkegaard's ethical and religious applications of 'Øieblik'.
Link
Citation
Kierkegaards Concepts - Tome IV: Individual to Novel, p. 173-179
ISBN
9781472444639
Start page
173
End page
179

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