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Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
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Henri Bergson (1859-1941). French philosopher. He became a professor at the Collège de France in 1900, devoted some time to politics and, after World War I, took an interest in international affairs. He was influential at least in France, but out of the main currents of his time.
Bergson's life was the quiet and uneventful one of a French professor, the chief landmarks in it being the publication of his three principal works, first, in 1889, the "Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience" (Time and Free Will), then "Matiere et Memoire" (Matter and Memory) in 1896, and "L' Evolution créatrice" (Creative Evolution) in 1907.
He is well known for his brilliant and imaginative philosophical works, which won him the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature, while he was living with his wife and daughter in a modest house in a quiet street near the Porte d'Auteuil in Paris.
He was one of the most prominent honorary members of the Hellenic Society For Psychical Research which was established by Angkelos Tanagras {Άγγελος Τανάγρας} [People].
Henri Bergson (1859-1941)
04-22-2004