WILDON CARR
HENRY BERGSON
PHILOSOPHY OF CHANGE
HENRI BERGSON
HENRI BERGSON:
THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHANGE
By H. WILDON CARR
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
67 LONG ACRE, W.C., AND EDINBURGH
NEW YORK: DODGE PUBLISHING CO.
PREFACE
Monsieur Henri Bergson, the philosopher whose
teaching I have tried to present in brief in this little manual, is
still in the full vigour of his life and thought. <...> Although his
writing and teaching is in the language of his country, we English may claim a special share in him so far as there is any nationality in philosophy. <...> It is particularly shown in his attitude toward
physical science. <...> His philosophy is not an attempt to depreciate
science or to throw doubt on scientific method, but, on the contrary, its whole aim is to enhance the value of science by
showing its true place and function in the greater reality of life. <...> The purpose that I have kept in view in the following
pages is to give the reader not a complete epitome of the philosophy so much as a general survey of its vitscope and
method. <...> If the reader is interested and desires to become a student there is only one advice that I can give him, and that is to
read Monsieur Bergson's books. <...> During this present year (1911) Monsieur Bergson has
become personally known to large circles of philosophical students in England. <...> In May he delivered two lectures before the
University of Oxford on “The Perception of Change.” (La Perception du Changement. <...> Oxford, The Clarendon Press.) He delivered the Huxley Lecture at the University of Birmingham on
“Life and Consciousness,” published in the Hibbert Journal,
October 1911. <...> He also delivered four lectures before the University of London on “The Nature of the Soul.” These have not
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Preface
yet been published. <...> Macmillan & Co.)
I am alone responsible for the plan and method <...>
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HENRI BERGSON:
THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHANGE
By H. WILDON CARR
LONDON: T. C. & E. C. JACK
67 LONG ACRE, W.C., AND EDINBURGH
NEW YORK: DODGE PUBLISHING CO.
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PREFACE
Monsieur Henri Bergson, the philosopher whose
teaching I have tried to present in brief in this little manual, is
still in the full vigour of his life and thought. He is a philosopher
who combines profound and original thinking with a wonderful
talent for clear exposition. He is a Professor at the College
of France, and a Member of the Institute. Although his
writing and teaching is in the language of his country, we English
may claim a special share in him so far as there is any nationality
in philosophy. It is very largely by the direct study of
the classical English philosophers that the particular direction
of his thought has been determined. The influence of Herbert
Spencer and of John Stuart Mill, and also of the older English
philosophers, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume, is clearly manifest
in his writings. It is particularly shown in his attitude toward
physical science. His philosophy is not an attempt to depreciate
science or to throw doubt on scientific method, but, on the contrary,
its
whole aim is to enhance the value of science by
showing its true place and function in the greater reality of life.
The purpose that I have kept in view in the following
pages is to give the reader not a complete epitome of the philosophy
so much as a general
survey of its vitscope and
method. If the reader is interested and desires to become a student
there is only one advice that I can give him, and that is to
read Monsieur Bergson's books. If the problems they deal with
interest him, he will find no difficulty in understanding them,
for the author's style is a model of lucidity.
During this present year (1911) Monsieur Bergson has
become personally known to large circles of philosophical students
in England. In May he delivered two lectures before the
University of Oxford on “The Perception of Change.” (La Perception
du Changement. Oxford, The Clarendon Press.) He delivered
the Huxley Lecture at the University of Birmingham on
“Life and Consciousness,” published in the Hibbert Journal,
October 1911. He also delivered four lectures before the University
of London on “The Nature of the Soul.” These have not
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Preface
yet been published. Quite recently also his Essay Le Rire, written
in 1901, has been translated into English. (Laughter, an Essay
on the Meaning of the Comic. Macmillan & Co.)
I am alone responsible for the plan and method that I
this philosophy, but Monsieur
have chosen in presenting
Bergson has very kindly read the proofs, and the title I have
given to it, The Philosophy of Change, was suggested by him.
H. WILDON CARR.
BURY, SUSSEX,
December 1911.
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