Henri Bergson
Philosoph, 1859-1941
Henri Bergson gilt neben Friedrich Nietzsche und Wilhelm Dilthey als bedeutendster Vertreter der Lebensphilosophie. Bergsons markantestes Philosophem ist der Begriff des „élan vital“, den er in seiner Philosophie des Lebendigen („Die schöpferische Entwicklung“) in genauer Kenntnis der Lebenswissenschaften seiner Zeit entfaltet. Ein weiteres Hauptwerk ist das 1896 erschienene Buch „Materie und Gedächtnis“, in dem Bergson eine neue, weder idealistische noch empiristische Theorie der Wahrnehmung und der Beziehung von Körper und Geist entfaltet. 1927 erhielt er den Nobelpreis für Literatur.
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French philosopher and Nobel laureate in literature (1859-1941). Autograph letter signed. Paris. 8vo. 2 pp. Bifolium.
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To an unidentified recipient, thanking him for a memorandum concerning a proposed building project on the Boulevard Beauséjour. Bergson warmly praises the "very interesting and spirited" observations on preserving the south-facing outlook of the rooms, agreeing that the recommendations are both sound and practical. He nevertheless expresses the conviction that these measures would actually enhance the property's commercial value, arguing that apartments enjoying light and fresh air through all their windows would become increasingly rare in Paris, despite the modern tenant's supposed preference for other considerations.
An attractive letter reflecting Bergson's concern for architecture, urban living, and the quality of the domestic environment. - Henri-Louis Bergson was one of the most influential French philosophers of the early twentieth century. His work shaped both analytic and continental thought and remained especially prominent in the decades before the Second World War, later receiving renewed attention through Gilles Deleuze’s Le Bergsonisme. Bergson opposed purely abstract and mechanistic accounts of reality, arguing instead for the philosophical importance of lived experience, duration, consciousness, and intuition. He believed that reality could not be fully grasped through rational analysis and scientific measurement alone, but required a more immediate and dynamic form of understanding. In 1927, Bergson received the Nobel Prize in Literature for the vitality of his ideas and the brilliance of their expression. Three years later, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d’honneur, France’s highest distinction. His immense popularity also provoked controversy, particularly among defenders of the secular and scientific ideals of the French Republic, who regarded his philosophy as a challenge to strict rationalism and positivism..
Philosoph und Nobelpreisträger für Literatur 1927 (1859-1941). Eigenh. Brief m. U. Paris. 8vo. 2 pp.
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Bergson teilt mit, dass es kein Fehler sei, dass sich sein Name auf der Liste befinde, er aber seit mehreren Jahren schon nicht mehr „de baccalauréats“ sei.
French philosopher and Nobel Laureate (1859-1941). Autograph letter signed ("HBergson"). Paris. 08.01.1915. Small 4to. 1½ pp. on bifolium.
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To M. Derougemont.
French philosopher (1859-1941). Autograph quotation signed. N. p. 4to. 3 lines.
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Philosophical aphorism valuing good deeds over the contemplative search for truth: "Quand on a passé sa vie à chercher le vrai, on s'aperçoit qu'on l'eût mieux employée à faire du bien". This beautiful quotation was part of the 1959 anniversary exhibition at the French national library. - Insignificantly browned.
French philosopher (1859-1941). Autograph letter signed. Paris. 8vo. 2 pp. In French.
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To Lilly Frazer, glad to learn that she and her husband, the Scottish anthropologist James George Frazer (1854-1941), are in Paris, promising to do everything in his power to attend Frazer's lecture, but not sure that he will be available: "J'ai été heureux d'apprendre que vous étiez de passage à Paris et je ferai tout mon possible pour assister à la conférence de Sir James Frazer, que je désire depuis longtemps entendre: je ne suis pas sûr, malheureusement, de pouvoir me rendre libre à temps".
- Concluding with an invitation to Lilly and James Frazer to come to tea on Monday: "Nous feriez-vous en tous cas, à ma femme et à moi, le grand plaisir de venir prendre une tasse de thé chez nous, avec Sir James Frazer, lundi prochain à cinq heures? [...]"..
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1) 18 May 1911: Departs for Oxford, where he is to lecture. 2) 20 Sept. 1918, having returned from New York, to Alfred Rebelliau: an American magazine is waiting for an article on the religious movement in France. 3) 24 Sept. 1918, to Eugene-Louis Bouvier, thanking him for his book on "the psychic life of the entire insect [...] thoroughly, and in its purely mechanical reactions, and in its instinctive activity, and in its intelligent manifestations. [...] the role of science is to push as far as possible the 'rationalization' of instinct […]". 4) 17 March 1921, to the same, thanking him for his "beautiful book on the habits and metamorphoses of insects [...] I have a hard time representing to myself the intelligence at the origin of instinct". 5) 14 Nov. 1927, to President Raymond Poincaré, thanking him for sending "L'Union Sacrée", which shows that the Germans have "done everything to bring the war", that we have "done everything to avoid it", and that "makes us relive with singular intensity the tragic hours which preceded and immediately followed the declaration of war". - Includes a business card with 6 autograph lines.