Creative Evolution

Book Details

• Publisher: Dover

• Author: Henri Bergson

• Language: English

• Edition: Unabridged

• ISBN: 9780486400365

• Pages: 432

• Cover: Paperback

• Format: Unabridged

• Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches

• Release Date: 06-02-1998

About The Book
Creative Evolution by Henri Bergson is the most famous and influential work by the distinguished French philosopher. In this unabridged edition, Bergson expounds his theory of evolution, which stands in stark contrast to the ideas of earlier thinkers and scientists. He examines the problem of existence and offers profound insights into the nature of life, intelligence, and the mechanisms of thought and illusion.

Bergson's discussion covers the order of nature, the geometrical tendency of the intellect, and critiques the concept of immutability, drawing comparisons from classical philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle, as well as from the evolutionism of his contemporaries. His philosophical ideas also had a significant impact on writers like Marcel Proust and are essential for understanding twentieth-century literature as well as evolutionary thought.

This work remains a milestone in both philosophy and science, and it will captivate those interested in the intersections of philosophical thought, literature, and the history of science.