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French Vitalist PhilosophyHenri Bergson ('Time and Free Will', 1889)

Henri Bergson argued that clocks don't measure time — they measure space. When we watch a second hand sweep an arc, we're tracking movement through distance, not the living flow...

If you stripped away all clocks and schedules for one day, which activities do you suspect would feel longer than you...

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