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Henri Bergson, (born Oct. 18, 1859, Paris, France—died Jan. 4, 1941, Paris), French philosopher. In Creative Evolution (1907), he argued that evolution, which he accepted as scientific fact, is not mechanistic but driven by an élan vital (“vital impulse”). He was the first to elaborate a process philosophy, rejecting static values and ...
Henri Bergson. The Nobel Prize in Literature 1927. Born: 18 October 1859, Paris, France. Died: 4 January 1941, Paris, France. Residence at the time of the award: France. Prize motivation: “in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented”. Language: French.
Mar 23, 2022 · Introduction. Henri Bergson was one of the last philosophers belonging to the school of thinkers known as the French Spiritualists. His philosophy was hugely influential, both positively and negatively, on many prominent mid- to late-20th century French philosophers, including Jean-Paul Sartre, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Gaston Bachelard, Georges ...
H enri Bergson (1859-1941), the son of a Jewish musician and an English woman, was educated at the Lycée Condorcet and the École Normale Supérieure, where he studied philosophy. After a teaching career as a schoolmaster in various secondary schools, Bergson was appointed to the École Normale Supérieure in 1898 and, from 1900 to 1921, held ...
Henri Bergson in 1927. Duration (French: la durée ) is a theory of time and consciousness posited by the French philosopher Henri Bergson . Bergson sought to improve upon inadequacies he perceived in the philosophy of Herbert Spencer , due, he believed, to Spencer's lack of comprehension of mechanics , which led Bergson to the conclusion that ...
May 18, 2023 · Living in Time is a book about the philosophical ideas of Henri Bergson (1859–1941), once the most famous philosopher in the world, though now seldom considered, especially not in Anglophone philosophy. This is regrettable, as Bergson is a great philosopher, and this book explains why.
Dec 26, 2023 · Abstract. In this article, I propose a reading of Henri Bergson’s Two Sources of Morality and Religion, centering on how mysticism transforms homo sapiens. For Bergson, the mystics are exemplars of social innovation, representatives of a „new species.”
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