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In reality, the past is preserved by itself automatically.

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
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Berxon
Reality
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Automatically
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To ease another's burden, help to carry it.
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The emotion felt by a man in the presence of nature certainly counts for something in the origin of religions.
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The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.
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I believe I experience creativity at every moment of my life.
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Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.
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There is nothing in philosophy which could not be said in everyday language.
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The movement of the stream is distinct from the river bed, although it must adopt its winding course.
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There is nothing [that] disarms us like laughter.
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The vital spirit. L'élan vital
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And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them.
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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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