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Title:
Creative evolution / Henri Bergson ; authorized translation by Arthur Mitchell.
Author:
Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.
Publication Information:
Mineola, N.Y. : Dover, 1998.
Call Number:
B2430 .B4 E72 1998
Abstract:
Bergson's famous study of the philosophical implications of biological evolutionary theory, presenting the idea of a creative life force shaping both the world and itself.
Electronic Access:
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/dover032/97046431.html
ISBN:
9780486400365
Physical Description:
xv, 407 pages ; 22 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: New York : H. Holt, 1911.
Contents:
The evolution of life : mechanism and teleology -- The divergent directions of the evolution of life : torpor, intelligence, instinct -- On the meaning of life : the order of nature and the form of intelligence -- The cinematographical mechanism of thought and the mechanistic illusion : a glance at the history of systems : real becoming and false evolutionism.
Uniform Title:
Evolution créatrice. English
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