Bergson, Henri

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Bergson, Henri (1859–1941) French philosopher of evolution. He saw existence as a struggle between a person's life-force (élan vital) and the material world: people perceive the material world through the use of intellect, whereas the life-force is perceived through intuition. Bergson received the Nobel Prize in literature in 1927. His works include Time and Free Will (1889) and Creative Evolution (1907).

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