Internationally known and one of the most influential philosophers of his day (and for a Time almost a cult figure in France, where his lectures drew huge crowds), Henri Bergson (1859-41) led a revolution in philosophical thought by rejecting traditional conceptual and abstract methods, and arguing that the intuition is deeper than the intellect.
His speculations, especially about the nature of time, had a profound influence on many other philosophers, as well as on poets and novelists; they are.
Internationally known and one of the most influential philosophers of his day (and for a Time almost a cult figure in France, where his lectures drew huge crowds), Henri Bergson (1859-41) led a revolution in philosophical thought by rejecting traditional conceptual and abstract methods, and arguing that the intuition is deeper than the intellect
