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The most famous and influential work of distinguished French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859–1941), Creative Evolution features the fullest expression of the philosopher's ideas about the problem of existence, propounding a theory of evolution completely distinct from these of earlier thinkers and scientists.
In discussing the meaning of life, Bergson considers the order of nature and the form of intelligence, including the geometrical tendency of the intellect, and examines mechanisms of thought and illusion. In addition, he presents a critique of the idea of immutability and the concept of nothingness, from Plato and Aristotle through the evolutionism of his contemporaries.
Bergson's influence on Marcel Proust and other twentieth-century writers renders a grasp of his theories imperative to students of literature as well as philosophy. Historians of science and other readers will also appreciate the importance of this milestone in philosophical and evolutionary thought.
In discussing the meaning of life, Bergson considers the order of nature and the form of intelligence, including the geometrical tendency of the intellect, and examines mechanisms of thought and illusion. In addition, he presents a critique of the idea of immutability and the concept of nothingness, from Plato and Aristotle through the evolutionism of his contemporaries.
Bergson's influence on Marcel Proust and other twentieth-century writers renders a grasp of his theories imperative to students of literature as well as philosophy. Historians of science and other readers will also appreciate the importance of this milestone in philosophical and evolutionary thought.
Reprint of the Henry Holt and Company, 1911 edition.
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The most famous and influential work of distinguished French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859–1941), Creative Evolution features the fullest expression of the philosopher's ideas about the problem of existence, propounding a theory of evolution completely distinct from these of earlier thinkers and scientists.
In discussing the meaning of life, Bergson considers the order of nature and the form of intelligence, including the geometrical tendency of the intellect, and examines mechanisms of thought and illusion. In addition, he presents a critique of the idea of immutability and the concept of nothingness, from Plato and Aristotle through the evolutionism of his contemporaries.
Bergson's influence on Marcel Proust and other twentieth-century writers renders a grasp of his theories imperative to students of literature as well as philosophy. Historians of science and other readers will also appreciate the importance of this milestone in philosophical and evolutionary thought.
In discussing the meaning of life, Bergson considers the order of nature and the form of intelligence, including the geometrical tendency of the intellect, and examines mechanisms of thought and illusion. In addition, he presents a critique of the idea of immutability and the concept of nothingness, from Plato and Aristotle through the evolutionism of his contemporaries.
Bergson's influence on Marcel Proust and other twentieth-century writers renders a grasp of his theories imperative to students of literature as well as philosophy. Historians of science and other readers will also appreciate the importance of this milestone in philosophical and evolutionary thought.
Reprint of the Henry Holt and Company, 1911 edition.
human evolution;scientific philosophy;standard translation;biological development;philosophy history;individual's development;philosophical interpretations;practical intelligence;takes directions;philosophy based;organized world;popular reception;intuitive ability;matters ranging;darwinian theory;professional philosophers;special sense;german romanticism;internationally famous;narrow sense;human creativity;teilhard de;philosophical reflection;scholarly efforts;continually drawing;lengthy technical;inert matter;technical discussions;de chardin;lines running;evolutionary process;abundantly evident;animal world;human endeavor;lengthy paragraph;scientific findings;human intelligence;notoriously difficult;lies dormant;effort worthwhile;evolutionary theory;life force;highly speculative;stumpf;nobel prize;paleoanthropology;clarendon;analytic;mumford;apostle;rills;everett;ape;intuitionism;indetermination;automatism;aristotle;pre-existed;vitalism;self-organizing;quantum;indeterminacy;kantian;mechanistically;geometrical;teleologically;elan;teleological;textbook;mechanistic;lessens;induction;causality;contingency;1907;darwinism;unceasingly;kant;1927;plato;faculty;impetus;duration;mechanism;intuition;intellect;philosopher;instinct;biology;vital;arthur mitchell james;henry miller;palgrave macmillan;united states;books on biological developments;books on scientific philosophies;books on human evolutions;books on individual 's developments;books on standard translations
