Bergsonianadj.n.
/bəːɡˈsəʊnɪən/ A. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the French philosopher, Henri Bergson (1859– 1941).
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [adjective] > of Bergson's philosophy
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1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe v. 215 I must..give some preliminary account of the bergsonian philosophy.
1924 Contemp. Rev. May 608 According to the Bergsonian doctrine, an animal..knows more of liberty than man does.
1955 D. Davie Articulate Energy i. 6 Much modern criticism is Bergsonian, perhaps without knowing it.
B. n.
A follower or adherent of Bergson.
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the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [noun] > Bergsonism and its adherents
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1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe vi. 266 They are now Bergsonians..and possess the principal thoughts of the master all at once.
1944 G. B. Shaw Everybody's Polit. What's What? viii. 62 When will the royalist lie down with the republican..the Bergsonian with the Darwinian?
Derivatives
Bergsonism n. /ˈbɜːɡsənɪz(ə)m/ the philosophical doctrine of Bergson.
/ˈbɜːɡsənɪz(ə)m/ the philosophical doctrine of Bergson.ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > absolute idealism > [noun] > Bergsonism and its adherents
Bergsonian1909
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creative evolutionist1915
1909 W. James Pluralistic Universe vii. 277 Philosophy, you will say, doesn't lie flat on its belly in the middle of experience, in the very thick of its sand and gravel, as this Bergsonism does.
1920 H. Begbie Life W. Booth I. 146 Bergsonism has here a most admirable example of its thesis.
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