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Bergsonism

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Berg·son·ism  (brgs-nzm)
n.
The philosophy of Henri Bergson, which asserts that the flow of time personally experienced is free and unrestricted rather than measured on a clock and contends that all living forms arise from a persisting natural force, the élan vital.
Berg·soni·an (-sn-n) adj. & n.
Bergsonism [ˈbɜːgsəˌnɪzəm]
n
(Philosophy) the philosophy of Henri Bergson, the French philosopher (1859-1941), which emphasizes duration as the basic element of experience and asserts the existence of a life-giving force that permeates the entire natural order Compare élan vital
Bergsonism
the philosophy of Henri Bergson, emphasizing time or duration as the central f act of experience and asserting the existence of the élan vital as an original life force governing all organic processes in a way that can be explained only by intuition, not by scientific analysis. — Bergsonian, n., adj.
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