The prestige of the Nobel Prize is due to many causes, but in particular to its twofold idealistic and international character: idealistic in that it has been designed for works of lofty inspiration; international in that it is awarded after the production of different countries has been minutely studied and the intellectual balance sheet of the whole world has been drawn up. Free from all other considerations and ignoring any but intellectual values, the judges have deliberately taken their place in what the philosophers have called a community of the mind.
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 … - Henri Bergson
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 …
- Henri Bergson
Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon then from birth t… - Henri Bergson
Fortunately, some are born with spiritual immune systems that sooner or later give rejection to the illusory worldview grafted upon then from birth t…
One can always reason with reason. - Henri Bergson
One can always reason with reason.
It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles. - Henri Bergson
It is emotion that drives the intelligence forward in spite of obstacles.
Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable. - Henri Bergson
Homo sapiens, the only creature endowed with reason, is also the only creature to pin its existence on things unreasonable.
Intuition is a method of feeling one's way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it. - Henri Bergson
Intuition is a method of feeling one's way intellectually into the inner heart of a thing to locate what is unique and inexpressible in it.
Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality. - Henri Bergson
Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality.
There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation. - Henri Bergson
There is no greater joy than that of feeling oneself a creator. The triumph of life is expressed by creation.
I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action. - Henri Bergson
I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action.
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