For 15 years, Henri Bergson, the most important French philosopher
of the early 20th-century, taught at the Collège de France.
Speaking without notes, most of his classes are now lost to
history, but records of a handful of courses fortuitously survived
thanks to stenographic transcripts. Conveying Bergson’s very
voice, these extraordinary documents are finally presented here in
English. The 1904–1905 lectures are dedicated to the topic of
freedom, or as Bergson put it, “the evolution of the problem of
freedom.” Building on the philosophy of freedom from his first
book, Time and Free Will, he proposes that freedom is not only a
fundamental human experience but characteristic of all life as
such. By retracing how ancient and modern philosophers have dealt
with the delicate question of freedom, Bergson demonstrates the
necessity, and also the radically new character, of his own theory
of freedom. Bergson’s lectures are a feast for many audiences.
For philosophers, they give a fuller picture of his thought and
contain deep reflections on many core topics in philosophy today,
from the nature of time to the difference between brain and mind,
the relation between memory and perception, and the vindication of
freedom over determinism. For intellectual historians, the lectures
are a treasure trove: as a slice of the living thought of a great
thinker; as an extended analysis of the natural and human sciences
of his day; and as a rich commentary on the history of ancient and
modern philosophy. Finally, for cultural historians and literary
scholars, the lectures were the cultural capital of Belle Époque
France, consumed by elites and a vast educated public. They are
also part of an exceedingly rare genre in modern philosophy:
spoken, not written, lectures and expressed as a veritable stream
of philosophical consciousness that is remarkably structured and
analytically lucid.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
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| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
April 2024 |
| Authors: |
Henri Bergson
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| Dimensions: |
216 x 138mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
320 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-02917-0 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-350-02917-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781350029170 |
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