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Bergson
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Berg·son  (brgsn, brg-sô), Henri Louis 1859-1941.
French philosopher and writer whose popular and accessible works, including Creative Evolution (1907) and The Creative Mind (1934), largely concern the importance of intuition as a means of attaining knowledge and the élan vital present in all living things. He won the 1927 Nobel Prize for literature.
Bergson [ˈbɜːgsən (French) bɛrksɔn]
n
(Biographies / Bergson, Henri Louis (1859-1941) M, French, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) Henri Louis (ɑ̃ri lwi). 1859-1941, French philosopher, who sought to bridge the gap between metaphysics and science. His main works are
Bergsonian  [bɜːgˈsəʊnɪən] adj & n
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Noun1.Bergson - French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941)Bergson - French philosopher who proposed elan vital as the cause of evolution and development (1859-1941)
Henri Bergson, Henri Louis Bergson
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