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In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour.
Henri Bergson
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Henri Bergson
Age: 81 †
Born: 1859
Born: October 18
Died: 1941
Died: January 4
Philosopher
Professor
Sociologist
Paris
France
Henri-Louis Bergson
H. Bergson
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Henri Louis Bergson
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It is of man's essence to create materially and morally, to fabricate things and to fabricate himself. Homo faber is the definition I propose ... Homo faber, Homo sapiens, I pay my respects to both, for they tend to merge.
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