Matter and Memory
Title | Matter and Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Henri Bergson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 372 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Memory |
ISBN |
Matter and Memory
Title | Matter and Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Henri Bergson |
Publisher | Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | 368 |
Release | 2012-12-13 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0486117340 |
one of the great inquiries into perception and memory, movement and time, matter and mind. Bergson surveys these independent but related spheres, exploring the connection of mind and body to individual freedom of choice.
The Greatest Works of Henri Bergson: Time and Free Will, Creative Evolution, Meaning of the War, Matter and Memory, Laughter & Dreams
Title | The Greatest Works of Henri Bergson: Time and Free Will, Creative Evolution, Meaning of the War, Matter and Memory, Laughter & Dreams PDF eBook |
Author | Henri Bergson |
Publisher | e-artnow |
Total Pages | 700 |
Release | 2018-12-21 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 8027246814 |
Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents:Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the ComicTime and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of ConsciousnessCreative EvolutionMatter and MemoryMeaning of the War: Life & Matter in ConflictDreams
Matter & Memory
Title | Matter & Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Henri Bergson |
Publisher | e-artnow |
Total Pages | 169 |
Release | 2018-12-21 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 8027246822 |
This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Matter and Memory presents an analysis of the classical philosophical problems concerning this relation. Within that frame the analysis of memory serves the purpose of clarifying the problem. Matter and Memory was written in reaction to the book The Maladies of Memory by Théodule Ribot, which appeared in 1881. Ribot claimed that the findings of brain science proved that memory is lodged within a particular part of the nervous system; localized within the brain and thus being of a material nature. Bergson was opposed to this reduction of spirit to matter. Defending a clear anti-reductionist position, he considered memory to be of a deeply spiritual nature, the brain serving the need of orienting present action by inserting relevant memories. The brain thus being of a practical nature, certain lesions tend to perturb this practical function, but without erasing memory as such. The memories are, instead, simply not 'incarnated', and cannot serve their purpose.
Think Least of Death
Title | Think Least of Death PDF eBook |
Author | Steven Nadler |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2022-05-10 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0691233950 |
"The seventeenth-century Dutch-Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza has long been known - and vilified - for his heretical view of God and for the radical determinism he sees governing the cosmos and human freedom. Only recently, however, has he begun to be considered seriously as a moral philosopher. In his philosophical masterpiece, the Ethics, after establishing some metaphysical and epistemological foundations, he turns to the "big questions" that so often move one to reflect on, and even change, the values that inform their life: What is truly good? What is happiness? What is the relationship between being a good or virtuous person and enjoying happiness and human flourishing? The guiding thread of the book, and the source of its title, is a claim that comes late in the Ethics: "The free person thinks least of all of death, and his wisdom is a meditation not on death but on life." The life of the free person, according to Spinoza, is one of joy, not sadness. He does what is "most important" in life and is not troubled by such harmful passions as hate, greed and envy. He treats others with benevolence, justice and charity. And, with his attention focused on the rewards of goodness, he enjoys the pleasures of this world, but in moderation. Nadler makes clear that these ethical precepts are not unrelated to Spinoza's metaphysical views. Rather, as Nadler shows, Spinoza's views on how to live are intimately connected to and require an understanding of his conception of human nature and its place in the cosmos, his account of values, and his conception of human happiness and flourishing. Written in an engaging style this book makes Spinoza's often forbiddingly technical philosophy accessible to contemporary readers interested in knowing more about Spinoza's views on morality, and who may even be looking to this famous "atheist", who so scandalized his early modern contemporaries, as a guide to the right way of living today"--
Mind-energy
Title | Mind-energy PDF eBook |
Author | Henri Bergson |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 280 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN |
Fourteen-year-old Victoria attracts the attention of the boy she likes, but discovers her life is still full of problems.
Living Consciousness
Title | Living Consciousness PDF eBook |
Author | G. William Barnard |
Publisher | State University of New York Press |
Total Pages | 387 |
Release | 2012-04-01 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1438439598 |
Winner of the 2012 Godbey Authors' Awards presented by the Godbey Lecture Series in Southern Methodist University's Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences Living Consciousness examines the brilliant, but now largely ignored, insights of French philosopher Henri Bergson (1859–1941). Presenting a detailed and accessible analysis of Bergson's thought, G. William Barnard highlights how Bergson's understanding of the nature of consciousness and, in particular, its relationship to the physical world remain strikingly relevant to numerous contemporary fields. These range from quantum physics and process thought to philosophy of mind, depth psychology, transpersonal theory, and religious studies. Bergson's notion of consciousness as a ceaselessly dynamic, inherently temporal substance of reality itself provides a vision that can function as a persuasive alternative to mechanistic and reductionistic understandings of consciousness and reality. Throughout the work, Barnard offers "ruminations" or neo-Bergsonian responses to a series of vitally important questions such as: What does it mean to live consciously, authentically, and attuned to our inner depths? Is there a philosophically sophisticated way to claim that the survival of consciousness after physical death is not only possible but likely?