← Glossary
Proskaireia (Gk. προσκαίρεια, from pros-kairos: belonging to the moment) denotes the Stoic foundational attitude that every possession, every relationship, and every moment is only temporarily available. It is not indifference toward life, but a cognitive reappraisal of our relationship to external things: we hold them as a reader holds a book borrowed from a library — with gratitude, yet without the illusion of permanent ownership. This transforms the inner architecture of expectations and prevents suffering through loss, since no true losing is possible — only returning.