Creative EvolutionHenri Bergson
Creative Evolution
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Original author: Henri Bergson
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"Creative Evolution" by Henri Bergson is a philosophical work published in 1907. The book challenges Darwin's theory of natural selection, proposing instead that evolution is driven by élan vital—a vital creative impulse within life itself. Bergson explores concepts of subjective time and "duration," suggesting these can only be grasped through intuition rather than rational analysis. His ideas profoundly influenced modernist writers and thinkers, making the book enormously popular in the early twentieth century.
Creative Evolution, by Henri Bergson. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #26163.
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22 Chapters
- 1.Front Matter464 words
- 2.Chapter III133 words
- 3.Chapter IV98 words
- 4.Introduction2,094 words
- 5.Chapter I: The Evolution of Life--Mechanism and Teleology (1)8,525 words
- 6.Chapter I: The Evolution of Life--Mechanism and Teleology (2)8,730 words
- 7.Chapter I: The Evolution of Life--Mechanism and Teleology (3)8,910 words
- 8.Chapter I: The Evolution of Life--Mechanism and Teleology (4)5,043 words
- 9.Chapter II (1)8,933 words
- 10.Chapter II (2)8,654 words
- 11.Chapter II (3)8,862 words
- 12.Chapter II (4)1,675 words
- 13.Chapter III: On the Meaning of Life--The Order of Nature and the Form of Intelligence (1)8,788 words
- 14.Chapter III: On the Meaning of Life--The Order of Nature and the Form of Intelligence (2)8,974 words
- 15.Chapter III: On the Meaning of Life--The Order of Nature and the Form of Intelligence (3)8,583 words
- 16.Chapter III: On the Meaning of Life--The Order of Nature and the Form of Intelligence (4)1,638 words
- 17.Chapter IV (1)8,934 words
- 18.Chapter IV (2)8,462 words
- 19.Chapter IV (3)8,769 words
- 20.Chapter IV (4)8,516 words
- 21.Chapter IV (5)7,595 words
- 22.Chapter IV (6)4,155 words