Henri Bergson

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born

October 18, 1859 in Paris, France

died

January 04, 1941

genre

Philosophy

influences

Kant, Kierkegaard, Ravaisson, Schopenhauer, Frege, Simmel, Spencer

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Henri Bergson (1859–1941) was one of the most famous and influential French philosophers of the late 19th century-early 20th century. Although his international fame reached cult-like heights during his lifetime, his influence decreased notably after the second World War. While such French thinkers as Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, and Lévinas explicitly acknowledged his influence on their thought, it is generally agreed that it was Gilles Deleuze's 1966 Bergsonism that marked the reawakening of interest in Bergson's work. Deleuze realized that Bergson's most enduring contribution to philosophical thinking is his concept of multiplicity. Bergson's concept of multiplicity attempts to unify in a consistent way two contradictory features: heterogeneit...more

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Books by Henri Bergson

Average rating: 4.01 · 1,041 ratings · 74 reviews · 43 distinct works

	Matter and Memory 4.19 avg rating — 401 ratings — published 1896 — 25 editions	My rating:
	Creative Evolution 4.02 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1907 — 61 editions	My rating:
	Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic by Henri Bergson, Cloudesley Brereton (Translation), Fred Rothwell (Translation) 3.69 avg rating — 189 ratings — published 1900 — 64 editions	My rating:
	Time And Free Will 4.07 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1889 — 32 editions	My rating:
	An Introduction to Metaphysics by Henri Bergson, T.E. Hulme (Translator) 3.91 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1903 — 33 editions	My rating:
	Two Sources Of Morality And Religion by Henri Bergson, R. Ashley Audra, C. Brereton 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1932 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Creative Mind: An Introduction to Metaphysics by Henri Bergson, S. Bergson 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	Mind-Energy by Henri Bergson, Keith Ansell-Pearson (Editor), Michael Kolkman (Editor) 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1920 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Duration and Simultaneity: Bergson and the Einsteinian Universe by Henri Bergson, Leon Jacobson (Translation) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Dreams (1914) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2008 — 15 editions	My rating: