| Creative Evolution Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bergson, Henri (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486400360 ISBN-13: 9780486400365 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1998 Annotation: The fullest expression of the distinguished French philosopher's ideas about the meaning of life. In propounding his distinctive theory of evolution, Bergson considers nature and intelligence, examines mechanisms of thought and illusion, and presents a criticism of philosophical systems from those of the ancients to those of his 19th-century contemporaries. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Metaphysics - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General |
| Dewey: 113.8 |
| LCCN: 97046431 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.34" W x 8.34" (0.95 lbs) 432 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |