Bergson, Henri (1859-1941)

Paris-born philosopher and celebrated member of the French literate class. By way of his philosophy of dynamism he described a vital principle, or living impulse, at work in the universe. Contrary to Darwin’s notion of natural selection, Bergson posited such a non-materialistic, non-mechanistic creative urge in nature as the driving force of biological evolution.

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