Bergson is the philosopher of durée, lived time that won't sit still on a ruler. I stretch his durée out to geological scale and call it the Planetary Durée.
How the word moved
I promised him in PAPE in October 2025 and finally delivered in the Planetary Durée essays of March 2026. Five months late, which is quick by my standards.
In my words
"For Henri Bergson, to understand durée is to stop treating time like a ruler"
from The Planetary Syllabus. Time, Part III: Preliminary Thoughts on The Planetary Duree, 17 Mar 2026
Related
- Related Planetary Duree - his durée, extended to the planet.
- Related Defense of Duree - human durée, the version I think needs defending.
- Related Marcia Bjornerud - I read the two of them side by side.