Salvatore Natoli

Time, as it’s well known, is a central key question in philosophy. This contribution sketches an original perspective to resume and classify the different ways in which subject can do experience of time. The first is perception of time (how I feel time?); then we have measure, that is the social, collective and objective dimension of time. Third, we have that dimension which the author calls «figure of time», that shows a different kind of time objectivity, that is different from measure because qualified by affection. The author tries also to answer another question: does the peculiar way of thinking of philosophers reveal a temporality of its own? Key words: time, rhythm, history, philosophy, meditation.