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Quote of Henri Bergson: Analysis operates on immobility, while intuition...


Biography - Henri Bergson:

French philosopher.
Born: 1859 - Died: 1941
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
France

Analysis operates on immobility, while intuition is located in mobility or, what amounts to the same thing, in duration. That is the very clear line of demarcation between intuition and analysis.



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L'analyse opère sur l'immobile alors que l'intuition se place dans la mobilité ou, ce qui revient au même, dans la durée. Là est la ligne de démarcation bien nette entre l'intuition et l'analyse.




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Consciousness is a link between what was and what will be; a bridge between the past and the future.












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