Henri Bergson

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Henri Bergson was a French philosopher known for his influential ideas on time, intuition, and creative evolution, which significantly shaped early 20th-century thought.

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instanceOf French philosopher
human
philosopher
awardReceived Nobel Prize in Literature
burialPlace Cimetière de Garches
countryOfCitizenship France
dateAwarded 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature
dateOfBirth 1859-10-18
dateOfDeath 1941-01-04
educatedAt Lycée Condorcet
École Normale (Paris)
surface form: École Normale Supérieure
employer Collège de France
Lycée Henri-IV
era 19th-century philosophy
20th-century philosophy
ethnicGroup Jewish
familyName Henri Bergson self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bergson
fieldOfWork metaphysics
philosophy of mind
philosophy of religion
philosophy of time
givenName Henri
influenced Alfred North Whitehead
Gilles Deleuze
Jean-Paul Sartre
Marcel Proust
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
William James
influencedBy Charles Darwin
Henri Bergson’s Jewish heritage
Herbert Spencer
Immanuel Kant
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Bergsonianism
surface form: Bergsonism

continental philosophy
vitalism
notableIdea creative evolution
critique of mechanistic time
duration (durée)
intuition as method in philosophy
élan vital (vital impetus)
notableWork Creative Evolution
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic
Matter and Memory
The Two Sources of Morality and Religion
Time and Free Will
occupation academic
philosopher
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Paris
relative Marcel Proust
surface form: Marcel Proust (cousin by marriage)
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholicism (late in life)
sexOrGender male
spouse Louise Neuberger

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Georges Sorel influencedBy Henri Bergson
Lycée Louis-le-Grand hasAlumnus Henri Bergson
T. E. Hulme philosophicalInfluence Henri Bergson
Gertrude Stein influencedBy Henri Bergson
Henri notableBearer Henri Bergson
Gilles Deleuze influencedBy Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson familyName Henri Bergson self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bergson
Sorel influencedBy Henri Bergson
subject surface form: Georges Sorel
Bergsonianism namedAfter Henri Bergson
Bergsonianism associatedWith Henri Bergson
this entity surface form: Henri Bergson’s work "Creative Evolution"
Jacques Maritain influencedBy Henri Bergson
Maurice Merleau-Ponty influencedBy Henri Bergson
Lycée Condorcet hasAlumni Henri Bergson
Lebensphilosophie associatedWith Henri Bergson
College of Louis le Grand hasAlumnus Henri Bergson
subject surface form: Collège Louis-le-Grand
Gabriel Marcel influencedBy Henri Bergson
An Idealist View of Life influencedBy Henri Bergson
reconstruction of religious thought in Islam influencedBy Henri Bergson
subject surface form: The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam
this entity surface form: Bergson
Collège royal hasNotableProfessor Henri Bergson
Lycée Charlemagne hasNotableAlumni Henri Bergson
ENS Paris hasAlumni Henri Bergson
plane of immanence influencedBy Henri Bergson
Cinema 2: The Time-Image influencedBy Henri Bergson
Michel Serres influencedBy Henri Bergson
vitalism associatedWith Henri Bergson
élan vital (vital impetus) hasCreator Henri Bergson
subject surface form: élan vital
élan vital (vital impetus) proposedBy Henri Bergson
subject surface form: élan vital
Time and Free Will author Henri Bergson
Matter and Memory author Henri Bergson
Creative Evolution author Henri Bergson
Cimetière de Garches notableBurial Henri Bergson
A. R. Orage influencedBy Henri Bergson
Le Trésor des humbles influencedBy Henri Bergson
Louise Neuberger spouse Henri Bergson
Nishida Kitaro influencedBy Henri Bergson