Consider the concept of time, the idea of "chronos." A clock indicates the movement of the earth around the sun. It is the second hand ticking away. Yet, this "time" is merely a figure of the human mind. It is a concept created by man to be able to communicate to a wider audience. The seasons do not come as time passes, but as the earth rotates around the sun. The body grows old not because "time" passes, but simply because it is meant to wither away.
No. "Time" had a different name: "kairos." It speaks of moments, the events that happen, which marks "time" passed. When does a boy turn into a man? When his chronological age has reached 18? No, most likely when he learns of love, when he becomes a father, when he reaches his body's end, and sees his life flashing by.
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