Quote of Henri Bergson - Instinct perfected is a faculty of...
Biography - Henri Bergson:
French philosopher.
Born: 1859 - Died: 1941
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1859 - Died: 1941
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: France
Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments; intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments.
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Quotes about intelligence:
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
To be able to discern what is true as true and what is false as false — this is the mark and character of intelligence.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
Quotes for: Instinct
The ignoble nature is distinguished by the fact that it keeps its advantage steadily in view, and that this thought of the end and advantage is even stronger than its strongest impulse.
I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.
For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.
Henri Bergson also said...
Consciousness is a link between what was and what will be; a bridge between the past and the future.
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