The creative mind / by Henri Bergson of the Académie Francaise and the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques; translated by Mabelle L. Andison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bergson, Henri, 1859-1941.

Contributor:

Andison, Mabelle L. (Mabelle Louise), 1894- translator.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Bernard, Claude, 1813-1878.

Bernard, Claude.

James, William, 1842-1910.

James, William.

Ravaisson, Félix, 1813-1900.

Ravaisson, Félix.

Philosophy.

Metaphysics.

Creative ability.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

307 pages, 5 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm

Other Title:

La pensée et le mouvant.

Place of Publication:

New York : Philosophical library, [1946]

Contents:

Introduction: (Part !). Growth of truth. Retrograde movement of the true.

Introduction (Part II). Stating the problems

The possible and the real

Philosophical intuition

The perception of change

Introduction to metaphysics

The philosophy of Claude Bernard

On the pragmatism of William James. Truth and reality

The life and work of Ravaisson.

Notes:

"This collection comprises...two introductory essays written especially for it, and...articles or lectures, mostly out of print, which appeared in France or in other countries. Taken as a whole, they date from the period between 1903 and 1923...[It] is a sequel to [a book which appeared in 1919 under the title L'energie spirituelle]"--Preface.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dustjacket retained.

Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok January 1951".

OCLC:

1609415