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Henri Bergson

Born

in Paris, France

October 18, 1859

Died

January 04, 1941

Website

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/bergson/

Genre

Philosophy, Psychology, Science

Influences

Immanuel Kant, William James, Charles Darwin, Félix Ravaisson-Mollien, ...more

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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 ...more

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Average rating: 3.93 · 10,793 ratings · 927 reviews · 573 distinct works • Similar authors

	Matter and Memory by Henri Bergson, N.M. Paul (Translator), W.S. Palmer (Translator) 4.10 avg rating — 2,791 ratings — published 1896 — 270 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic 3.71 avg rating — 2,468 ratings — published 1900 — 441 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creative Evolution 4.10 avg rating — 1,535 ratings — published 1907 — 245 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time and Free Will 3.98 avg rating — 1,243 ratings — published 1889 — 336 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Introduction to Metaphysics by Henri Bergson, T.E. Hulme (Translator), Thomas A. Goudge (Introduction) 3.88 avg rating — 872 ratings — published 1903 — 103 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Creative Mind 4.06 avg rating — 372 ratings — published 1934 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two Sources of Morality and Religion by Henri Bergson, R. Ashley Audra, Cloudesley Shovell Henry Brereton 3.80 avg rating — 311 ratings — published 1932 — 135 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mind-Energy (Henri Bergson Centennial Series) by Henri Bergson, K. Ansell-Pearson (Editor), M. Kolkman (Editor) 3.69 avg rating — 218 ratings — published 1919 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams 3.51 avg rating — 195 ratings — published 1901 — 86 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Duration and Simultaneity: with reference to Einstein's Theory by Henri Bergson, Leon Jacobson (Translation) 3.56 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1922 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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

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“To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.”
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“Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.”
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