Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2008-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 723 Bergson, Henri 1859 1941 Bergson, Henri Louis Bergson, H. (Henri) Mitchell, Arthur 1872 1953 Evolution créatrice. English Creative Evolution Reading ease score: 50.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Rick Niles, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Creative Evolution" by Henri Bergson is a philosophical work written in the early 20th century. The book explores the concept of evolution from a perspective that intertwines life, consciousness, and duration, rejecting reductionist views that confine living beings to mere mechanical processes. Bergson posits that life is characterized by continuous creation and change, suggesting that human intelligence is an extension of the vital processes that shape our existence. The opening of "Creative Evolution" delves into the fundamental nature of existence and consciousness, asserting that we are in a constant state of change and evolution, where each moment contributes to our ongoing development. Bergson emphasizes the inadequacy of traditional mechanistic and teleological explanations of evolution, arguing instead that life is inherently creative and cannot be fully understood through static categories. He introduces the concept of "duration" as a vital aspect of existence, illustrating how both individual lives and the broader evolutionary process are marked by continuity and originality, rather than mere repetition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Evolution Metaphysics Life B Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 1316787 1316684 2024-10-11T09:03:54.398828 2023-09-11T11:32:10.516013 text/html text/html 1193261 2008-08-01T09:04:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 331752 2008-08-01T09:05:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 435336 2024-10-11T09:04:26.755156 application/epub+zip 453860 2024-10-11T09:04:04.068280 application/epub+zip 453860 2024-10-11T09:03:58.867814 application/epub+zip 918677 2024-10-11T09:04:39.713080 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 748698 2024-10-11T09:04:19.971193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 721935 2022-09-12T08:20:12.970444 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 868973 868874 2024-10-11T09:03:49.439926 2023-09-11T11:32:06.190929 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 868624 2008-08-01T09:04:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 296366 2008-08-01T09:05:20 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 868624 2008-08-01T09:03:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296030 2008-08-01T09:05:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22717 2024-10-11T09:04:39.885069 application/rdf+xml 15125 2024-10-11T09:03:59.812787 image/jpeg 3795 2024-10-11T09:03:59.367777 image/jpeg 405156 2024-10-11T09:03:54.488823 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia