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Spirit borrows from matter the perceptions on which it feeds and restores them to matter in the form of movements which it has stamped with its own freedom.

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
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Spirit
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Feeds
Matter
Perceptions
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Movements
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Borrows
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