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Matter and Memory Matter and Memory (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 2,759 ratings — published 1896
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Creative Evolution Creative Evolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.10 — 1,505 ratings — published 1907
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Time and Free Will Time and Free Will (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.97 — 1,201 ratings — published 1889
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The Creative Mind The Creative Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 361 ratings — published 1934
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Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.71 — 2,398 ratings — published 1900
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Bergsonism Bergsonism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 901 ratings — published 1966
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An Introduction to Metaphysics An Introduction to Metaphysics (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 849 ratings — published 1903
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Duration and Simultaneity: with reference to Einstein's Theory Duration and Simultaneity: with reference to Einstein's Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.58 — 59 ratings — published 1922
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The Two Sources of Morality and Religion The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.79 — 302 ratings — published 1932
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Henri Bergson Henri Bergson (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.31 — 16 ratings — published 1931
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A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.82 — 11 ratings — published 1912
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Mind-Energy (Henri Bergson Centennial Series) Mind-Energy (Henri Bergson Centennial Series)
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avg rating 3.67 — 213 ratings — published 1919
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The Incarnate Subject: Malebranche, Biran, and Bergson on the Union of Body and Soul The Incarnate Subject: Malebranche, Biran, and Bergson on the Union of Body and Soul (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.50 — 8 ratings — published 1997
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Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual: Bergson and the Time of Life Philosophy and the Adventure of the Virtual: Bergson and the Time of Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 23 ratings — published 2001
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Henri Bergson: Key Writings (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers) Henri Bergson: Key Writings (Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers)
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avg rating 4.25 — 61 ratings — published 1389
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Bergson et Teilhard de Chardin Bergson et Teilhard de Chardin (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published
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LECTURES ON PSYCHOLOGY: AT LYCÉE HENRI-IV 1893-1894 LECTURES ON PSYCHOLOGY: AT LYCÉE HENRI-IV 1893-1894 (Paperback)
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An Intoduction to Metaphysics An Intoduction to Metaphysics (Paperback)
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Dreams Dreams (Kindle Edition)
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Lectures on Psychology: At Lyceé Henr-IV 1892-3 Lectures on Psychology: At Lyceé Henr-IV 1892-3 (Paperback)
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Intensity, Duration, and Grace: An Anthology on Bergson’s Aesthetics Intensity, Duration, and Grace: An Anthology on Bergson’s Aesthetics (Paperback)
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Creative Revolution Creative Revolution (Paperback)
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Laughter - An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic Laughter - An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic (MP3 CD Library Binding)
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Lectures on Plotinus: at the École Normale Supérieure 1898-9 Lectures on Plotinus: at the École Normale Supérieure 1898-9 (Paperback)
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Mind-Energy Lectures and Essays Mind-Energy Lectures and Essays (Hardcover)
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Selections From Bergson Selections From Bergson (Paperback)
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The World of Dreams The World of Dreams (Paperback)
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A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson (Paperback)
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Melange Melange (Paperback)
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The Organization Of Conscious States Of Free Will The Organization Of Conscious States Of Free Will (Hardcover)
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Matter & Memory and Time & Free Will:An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness. Matter & Memory and Time & Free Will:An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness. (Paperback)
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The Multiplicity Of Conscious States And The Idea Of Duration The Multiplicity Of Conscious States And The Idea Of Duration (Paperback)
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avg rating 2.00 — 2 ratings — published 2010
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The meaning of the war, life & matter in conflict The meaning of the war, life & matter in conflict (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.35 — 34 ratings — published 2005
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The Philosophy of Poetry: The Genius of Lucretius The Philosophy of Poetry: The Genius of Lucretius
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avg rating 3.50 — 40 ratings — published 1959
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Time and the Instant Time and the Instant (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2000
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Freedom: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1904–1905 Freedom: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1904–1905 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.67 — 3 ratings — published
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The Introduction To A New Philosophy The Introduction To A New Philosophy (Hardcover)
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The Collected Works of Henri Bergson The Collected Works of Henri Bergson (Kindle Edition)
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Laughter / Creative Evolution / Two Sources of Morality and Religion (Korean Edition) Laughter / Creative Evolution / Two Sources of Morality and Religion (Korean Edition)
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The Intensity Of Psychic States The Intensity Of Psychic States (Paperback)
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An Introduction to Metaphysics and Other Writings (Graphyco Annotated Edition) An Introduction to Metaphysics and Other Writings (Graphyco Annotated Edition)
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Creative Evolution, Laughter, & Dreams Creative Evolution, Laughter, & Dreams (Kindle Edition)
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Laughter / Dreams / The Meaning of the War: A GR Press Book Laughter / Dreams / The Meaning of the War: A GR Press Book (Hardcover)
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The Essential Works of Henri Bergson: Enriched edition. The Essential Works of Henri Bergson: Enriched edition. (Kindle Edition)
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The Best Works of Henri Bergson The Best Works of Henri Bergson (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2015
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Comedy: An Essay on Comedy Comedy: An Essay on Comedy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 2013
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Jacques Monod
“Bergson, on s'en souvient, voyait dans l'évolution l'expression d'une force créatrice, absolue en ce sens qu'il ne la supposait pas tendue à une autre fin que la création en elle-même et pour elle-même. En cela il diffère radicalement des animistes (qu'il s'agisse d'Engels, de Teilhard ou des positivistes optimistes tels que Spencer) qui tous voient dans l'évolution le majestueux déroulement d'un programme inscrit dans la trame même de l'Univers. Pour eux, par conséquent, l'évolution n'est pas véritablement création, mais uniquement 'révélation' des intentions jusque-là inexprimées de la nature. D'où la tendance à voir dans le développement embryonnaire une émergence de même ordre que l'émergence évolutive. Selon la théorie moderne, la notion de 'révélation' s'applique au développement épigénétique, mais non, bien entendu, à l'émergence évolutive qui, grâce précisément au fait qu'elle prend sa source dans l'imprévisible essentiel, est créatrice de nouveauté absolue. Cette convergence apparente entre les voies de la métaphysique bergsonienne et celles de la science serait-elle encore l'effet d'une pure coïncidence? Peut-être pas: Bergson, en artiste et poète qu'il était, très bien informé par ailleurs des sciences naturelles de son temps, ne pouvait manquer d'être sensible à l'éblouissante richesse de la biosphère, à la variété prodigieuse des formes et des comportements qui s'y déploient, et qui paraissent témoigner presque directement, en effet, d'une prodigalité créatrice inépuisable, libre de toute contrainte.
Mais là où Bergson voyait la preuve la plus manifeste que le 'principe de la vie' est l'évolution elle-même, la biologie moderne reconnaît, au contraire, que toutes les propriétés des êtres vivants reposent sur un mécanisme fondamental de conservation moléculaire. Pour la théorie moderne l'évolution n'est nullement une propriété des êtres vivants puisqu'elle a sa racine dans les imperfections mêmes du mécanisme conservateur qui, lui, constitute bien leur unique privilège. Il faut donc dire que la même source de perturbations, de 'bruit', qui, dans un système non vivant, c'est-à-dire non réplicatif, abolirait peu à peu toute structure, est à l'origine de l'évolution dans la biosphère, et rend compte de sa totale liberté créatrice, grâce à ce conservatoire du hasard, sourd au bruit autant qu'à la musique: la structure réplicative de l'ADN.”
Jacques Monod, Chance and Necessity: An Essay on the Natural Philosophy of Modern Biology

Henry Kissinger
“At least Tsar Alexander III understood that the game now being played was for the highest stakes. When Giers asked him, '...what would we gain by helping the french destroy Germany?' he replied: 'what we would gain would be that Germany, as such, would disappear. It would break up into a number of small, weak states, the way it used to be'.”
Henry Kissinger

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