The Urgency of the Untimely

The Untimely is first of all a theme, a theoretical adjective. Even before saying something about Nietzsche or about us, it tells us something about philosophy. Untimely is philosophy’s way of being. This has always been true, but perhaps now more than ever. Un-timely (Un/fashonable) because use-less, outside of the ‘timely’ (current) logic of utilitarianism. Outside the ‘current’ logic, said Nietzsche, that makes men 'current', like current coins