Vittorio Morfino is a leading researcher of materialist philosophical thought from Greco-Roman antiquity to the present day. Morfino works at the University of Milan-Biccoca and has published numerous articles and books on authors such as Lucretius, Spinoza, Hegel and Althusser. Among his works, the books Il tempo e l'occasione stand out. L'incontro Spinoza-Machiavelli (2002), Incursioni spinoziste (2002), Spinoza e il no contemporaneo (2009) and Tempora multa. Il governo del tempo (2013). He is part of the editorial boards of the magazines Oltrecorrente, Quaderni materialisti and Décalages.