Bergson and His Philosophy eBook

John Alexander Gunn
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 229 pages of information about Bergson and His Philosophy.

Bergson and His Philosophy eBook

John Alexander Gunn
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 229 pages of information about Bergson and His Philosophy.

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.

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