The contemplation of time and space has occupied humans since ancient times. Cultures have been significantly shaped and characterized by this. The work presents the sense of time and ideas about time from antiquity to modernity across numerous countries and ethnicities. The linearity and circularity of temporal consciousness stand in contrast, as do objective and subjective time. The author advocates for tolerance towards the temporal concepts of other cultures and calls for a deceleration of economic and social development, which today allows people less and less time and self-determination. The humanities and natural sciences must work together to achieve this goal.