Henri Bergson
1859 - 1941
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Biography
Henri Bergson was a renowned French philosopher known for his work on the philosophy of time and consciousness. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1927 for his rich and vitalizing ideas. Bergson's key works include 'Time and Free Will' and 'Creative Evolution,' where he proposed insightful theories that greatly influenced 20th-century philosophy and had a profound impact on areas such as metaphysics, epistemology, and aesthetics.
Famous Quotes (5)
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The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already 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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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
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The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
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Laughter is the corrective force which prevents us from becoming cranks.