First we show that for Bergson the present is not an instant-limit separating the past from the future, as such an instant is merely conceived, relative to a homogeneous time itself merely conceived. Although it is of some practical interest, this conception of the present has no speculative value. We then show that according to Bergson the present known by experience, that is to say, the lived present, is distinguished qualitatively from the past by its extension : it is the immediate consciousness that I have of my body, both sensorial and kinaesthetic. It is my lived body, which includes all of my sensations, thus surpassing my acting body. Finally, we attempt to explain how Bergson thinks the physical present, but also the supra-human p...