{"product_id":"the-wisdom-of-henri-bergson-duration-intuition-and-the-flow-of-living-9798196985164","title":"The Wisdom of Henri Bergson: Duration, Intuition, and the Flow of Living","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Sapientia Mundi Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Individual Philosophers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if the most important truth about reality is that it never stops moving?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of Henri Bergson: Duration, Intuition, and the Flow of Living\u003c\/i\u003e traces the life and philosophy of one of the most original thinkers of the modern era. Henri Bergson challenged the foundations of Western thought by arguing that lived time - what he called \u003ci\u003edur�e\u003c\/i\u003e - is fundamentally different from the measured time of clocks and physics. His insight that consciousness flows as a continuous, qualitative stream rather than ticking forward in discrete units reshaped philosophy, influenced literature and the arts, and anticipated developments in cognitive science that would not arrive for another century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom his formative years at the �cole Normale Sup�rieure to his final act of moral courage under the Vichy regime, Bergson pursued a single philosophical vision with extraordinary consistency and grace. He showed that the free will debate rests on a misunderstanding of consciousness, that memory is not stored in the brain, that evolution is driven by a creative impulse that neither mechanism nor teleology can explain, and that the deepest truths about morality and religion arise from rare individuals whose inner transformation overflows into world-changing action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of Henri Bergson: Duration, Intuition, and the Flow of Living\u003c\/i\u003e presents these ideas not as museum pieces but as living responses to questions that remain urgent in an age of algorithms and acceleration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplore Bergson's revolutionary concept of duration and why it still challenges our understanding of time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscover his groundbreaking theory of memory and its implications for the mind-body problem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnderstand the �lan vital and what creative evolution reveals about the nature of life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLearn how his philosophy of intuition offers an alternative to purely analytical thinking\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFollow his dramatic encounters with Einstein, William James, and the intellectual currents of his era\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a contemplative, historically grounded style for educated general readers, this volume brings Bergson's thought to life for a new generation. Whether you are encountering his ideas for the first time or returning to them with fresh eyes, \u003ci\u003eThe Wisdom of Henri Bergson: Duration, Intuition, and the Flow of Living\u003c\/i\u003e offers a path into one of the richest philosophical minds of the past two centuries - and a reminder that reality, at its deepest level, is not a thing but a process, not a diagram but a melody.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47892128759959,"sku":"9798196985164","price":1137.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798196985164.webp?v=1781185829","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-wisdom-of-henri-bergson-duration-intuition-and-the-flow-of-living-9798196985164","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}