Creative Evolution by: Bergson, Henri Transl. Mitchell, Arthur
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Creative Evolution by: Bergson, Henri Transl. Mitchell, ArthurCreative Evolution by: Bergson, Henri Transl. Mitchell, Arthur

Creative Evolution by: Bergson, Henri Transl. Mitchell, Arthur

Hardcover. NY, Henry Holt and Company, 1st thus, 1911, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 407 pages, hardcover. Blue cloth boards are in very good condition, despite some light bumping to the corners. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. This book provides an alternate explanation for Darwin's mechanism of evolution, suggesting that evolution is motivated by an elan vital, a "vital impetus" that can also be understood as humanity's natural creative impulse. Bergson suggests that the experience of time as "duration" can best be understood through creative intuition, not through intellect. Clean copy. Record # 34358
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