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Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
Born: Oct 18, 1859
Died: Jan 4, 1941
Always Intelligence Laughter Life Perception Which
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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. Henri Bergson
Change Oneself Go Exist Mature Endlessly Creating
Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality. Henri Bergson
Reality Other Apprehension Some Faculty Intellect Than Necessary
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity. Henri Bergson
Fault Laughter Laughable Vanity Only Cure
Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools. Henri Bergson
Intelligence Tools Objects Faculty Make Making Artificial
Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn. Henri Bergson
Humanity Genius Learn Forces Inertia Which
Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and division. Henri Bergson
Life Addition Division Does Proceed Elements Association
We regard intelligence as man's main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. Henri Bergson
Man Intelligence Inferiority Characteristic Superiority Main Know Regard Cannot Which Us Compensate
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause. Henri Bergson
Cause Past Nothing More Contains Effect Than Found Present
Our laughter is always the laughter of a group. Henri Bergson
Laughter Group Our Always
Sex appeal is the keynote of our civilization. Henri Bergson
Sex Our Sex Appeal Civilization Appeal
An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis. Henri Bergson
Rest Analysis Intuition Given Only Absolute While
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
Freedom Matter Own Spirit Perceptions Feeds Movements Form Which Them Stamped
In laughter we always find an unavowed intention to humiliate and consequently to correct our neighbour. Henri Bergson
Laughter Humiliate Our Correct Neighbour Find Always Intention Consequently
A situation is always comic if it participates simultaneously in two series of events which are absolutely independent of each other, and if it can be interpreted in two quite different meanings. Henri Bergson
Events Situation Other Independent Absolutely Simultaneously Always Comic Quite Different Which Meanings Series Each Interpreted Two
And I also see how this body influences external images: it gives back movement to them. Henri Bergson
Back See Gives Also How Movement Influences Them Body Images External
The motive power of democracy is love. Henri Bergson
Love Democracy Power Motive
Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science. Henri Bergson
Religion Science Mysticism

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