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Biography - Henri Bergson:

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

To act freely is to retake possession of oneself; it is to place oneself back in pure duration.


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Source: Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness

Wikisource - Bergson - Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience (fr) 




Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Agir librement, c'est reprendre possession de soi, c'est se replacer dans la pure durée.

German
Frei handeln heißt von sich selbst Besitz ergreifen, sich in die reine Dauer zurückversetzen.




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Quotes for: action


Quotes

Quotes about action:


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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.





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Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes

Henri Bergson also said...


Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.





To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.





To choose, and therefore exclude.





All our analyses show us, in life, an effort to remount the incline that matter descends.





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





The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.












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