Bergson
noun
Henri 1859–1941, French philosopher and writer: Nobel Prize in Literature 1927.
Bergsonian
-
a word derived from
Bergson.
Example Sentences
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In Bergsonian language, they used exclusively mechanical categories.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
Person and nature of Christology find their modern equivalents in the Bergsonian "deep-seated" and "superficial" states of consciousness.
From Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
It may be that something would be left of the Bergsonian philosophy if one eliminated the consequences of these initial blunders, but I do not know what the remainder would be.
From Recent Developments in European Thought by Various
The cast-iron conclusions of physical science do pinch the Harvard professor a bit, and he pads them with a little of the Bergsonian philosophy.
From The Breath of Life by John Burroughs
I am a realist of the School of Anton Laurier—with Bergsonian trimmings—and I'll be eighteen years old in two months.
From Flappers and Philosophers by F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald
