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Portrait de Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson

Henri Bergson, born October 18, 1859 in Paris, city where he died on January 3, 1941, is a French philosopher.


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A life, a work: Henri Bergson, or Achille finally catches up with the turtle (1859-1941)

By Catherine Ardent and Jacques Taroni.
Program broadcast on France Culture on June 16, 1988.

Bergson: "For Bergson" by V. Jankélévitch (1959)

"For Bergson". Vladimir Jankélévitch: Bergson and us, Xth Congress of French-speaking philosophical societies, Sorbonne (05/19/1959).

Bergson on art: the unique archive of his voice

"If we could be in immediate communication with things and with ourselves, I believe that art would be useless..." In 1936, Henri Bergson recorded this exclusive interview, today the only archive of his voice, in which he philosophizes on the role of art in our lives.

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Bibliography of texts published in the NRF

The texts below, published in La Nouvelle Revue Française, are grouped into four main sets: texts by Henri Bergson, notes and columns by the author, texts about the author, and, when available, translations by the author.


Notes by Henri Bergson

These texts by Henri Bergson may include reading notes, mood notes, performance reviews, miscellaneous pieces, or previously unpublished texts. They appeared in NRF sections such as Chronique des romans, L'air du mois, Le temps comme il passe, etc., or in tribute issues.

  1. Quelques mots sur Thibaudet critique et philosophe, 1936-07-01, Le philosophe et l'humaniste
  2. Comment Bergson a trouvé Dieu, 1959-06-01, Les revues, les journaux

Texts about Henri Bergson

These texts may include thematic studies about the author, correspondence, reading notes on works by or about the author, interviews conducted by the author, or works edited by the author.

  1. L'Intuition philosophique, par Henri Bergson (Helleu et Sergent), by Jean Prévost, 1928-12-01, Notes : littérature générale
  2. Réflexions - Spinoza, Lagneau, Bergson, by Albert Thibaudet, 1930-01-01, articles
  3. Réflexions - Péguy et Bergson, by Albert Thibaudet, 1931-04-01, articles
  4. Les deux sources de la morale et de la religion, par Henri Bergson (Alcan), by Jean Prévost, 1932-07-01, Notes : la philosophie
  5. La pensée et le mouvant, par Henri Bergson (Alcan), by Ramon Fernandez, 1934-07-01, Notes : philosophie
  6. Bergsonisme et neurologie, by H. Le Savoureux, 1934-08-01, articles
  7. À propos de Bergsonisme et neurologie, by R. Mourgue, 1934-10-01, Correspondance
  8. Henri Bergson, by Jean Wahl, 1939-12-01, Chroniques
  9. Henri Bergson, by Ramon Fernandez, 1941-03-01, Chroniques
  10. Comment Bergson a trouvé Dieu, by Henri Bergson, Jean Guérin, 1959-06-01, Les revues, les journaux

Chronological distribution of texts published in the NRF (1908-1968)

This chart shows the chronological distribution of texts across the four categories defined above: Texts, Notes, Translations, and Texts about the author.