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Henri Bergson


Born
in Paris, France
October 18, 1859

Died
January 04, 1941

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Popular and accessible works of French philosopher and writer Henri Louis Bergson include Creative Evolution (1907) and The Creative Mind (1934) and largely concern the importance of intuition as a means of attaining knowledge and the élan vital present in all living things; he won the Nobel Prize of 1927 for literature.

Although international fame and influence of this late 19th century-early 20th century man reached heights like cult during his lifetime, after the Second World War, his influence decreased notably. Whereas such thinkers as Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean Paul Sartre, and Lévinas explicitly acknowledged his influence on their thought, Bergsonism of Gilles Deleuze in 1966 marked the reawakening of interest. Deleuze recog
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Matter and Memory

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Laughter: An Essay on the M...

3.72 avg rating — 2,336 ratings — published 1900 — 451 editions
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Creative Evolution

4.10 avg rating — 1,474 ratings — published 1907 — 35 editions
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Time and Free Will

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An Introduction to Metaphysics

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The Creative Mind

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The Two Sources of Morality...

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Mind-Energy (Henri Bergson ...

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Dreams

3.53 avg rating — 179 ratings — published 1901 — 122 editions
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Duration and Simultaneity: ...

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Quotes by Henri Bergson  (?)
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“The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.”
Henri Bergson, Matter and Memory

“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.”
Henri Bergson

“Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.”
Henri Bergson

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