1917 Preface A “La Mission francaise
en
Amerique 24 Avril-13 Mai,
1917.”
Compiled by M. R. Viviani, published,
Flammarion,
Paris, 1917, pp 264.
Bergson’s Preface is seven pages.
1918 Discours de reception.
Bergson’s address on being
received by the Academy.
On M. Ollivier.
Published by Perrin, Paris. Seance de
l’Academie francaise,
Jan. 24, 1918, pp. 44. (The work
also contains the reply
to Bergson by the Director of
the Academy, M. Rene
Doumic, pp. 45-75.)
1919 L’ENERGIE spirituelle (Essais et Conferences).
Felix Alcan’s Bibliotheque
de philosophie contemporaire,
pp. 227.
This is a volume of collected essays
and lectures of which
three editions appeared
in 1919. It deals with the
concept of mental force,
with problems of the interaction
of mind and body, and
with Bergson’s view of “tension”
and “detension”
in relation to matter and mind.
With a brief foreword, explaining
that this is the first of a
couple of volumes of
collected essays, there are seven
papers:
1.
“La Conscience et la Vie,” pp. 1-29.
A revised and
developed
version of “Life and Consciousness,” the
Huxley
Lecture of 1911.
2.
“L’Ame et le Corps,” pp. 31-63.
Reprinted from
Le
Materialisme actuel. Lecture given in 1912.
3.
“Fantomes de Vivants et Recherche Psychique,”
pp.
65-89. Presidential address of 1913.
4.
“Le Reve,” pp. 91-116. The lecture
of 1901.
5.
“Le Souvenir du present et la fausse reconnaissance,”
pp.
117-161. Reprint from Revue philosophique of
article
of 1908.
6.
“L’Effort intellectuel,” pp. 163-202.
Reprint from
Revue
philosophique of article of 1902.
7.
“Le Cerveau et la Pensee: une illusion philosophique,”
pp.
203-223. The Lecture given at the International
Congress
at Geneva, formerly printed in the Revue de
metaphysique
et de morale as “Le Paralogisme psycho-
physiologique.”
English
Translation: Mind-energy, by Dr. Wildon
Carr.
Macmillan,
1920.
The forthcoming second volume of
collected essays on The
Method of Intuitional Philosophy will contain
inter alia:
Introduction on “Method.”
Reprint of “L’Intuition philosophique.”
Introduction a la
metaphysique, “La Perception du Changement.”
Three articles, bearing the titles “Memoire et reconaissance,” “Perception et matiere” and “L’Idee de neant,” which appeared respectively in Revue philosophique (1896), Revue de metaphysique et de morale (1896) and Revue philosophique (1906) have been omitted from their places in the above list because they were subsequently incorporated into the larger works Matiere et Memoire and L’Evolution creatrice.