Bergson and His Philosophy - Part 11
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Part 11

l57-165.

1917 PREFACE A "LA MISSION FRANCAISE EN AMERIQUE 24 AVRIL-13 MAI, 1917."

Compiled by M. R. Viviani, published, Flammarion, Paris, 1917, pp 264. Bergson's Preface is seven pages.

1918 DISCOURS DE RECEPTION.

Bergson's address on being received by the Academy.

On M. Ollivier. Published by Perrin, Paris. Seance de l'Academie francaise, Jan. 24, 1918, pp. 44. (The work also contains the reply to Bergson by the Director of the Academy, M. Rene Doumic, pp. 45-75.)

1919 L'ENERGIE SPIRITUELLE (Essais et Conferences).

Felix Alcan's Bibliotheque de philosophie contemporaire, pp. 227.

This is a volume of collected essays and lectures of which three editions appeared in 1919. It deals with the concept of mental force, with problems of the interaction of mind and body, and with Bergson's view of "tension"

and "detension" in relation to matter and mind.

With a brief foreword, explaining that this is the first of a couple of volumes of collected essays, there are seven papers: 1. "La Conscience et la Vie," pp. 1-29. A revised and developed version of "Life and Consciousness," the Huxley Lecture of 1911.

2. "L'Ame et le Corps," pp. 31-63. Reprinted from Le Materialisme actuel. Lecture given in 1912.

3. "Fantomes de Vivants et Recherche Psychique,"

pp. 65-89. Presidential address of 1913.

4. "Le Reve," pp. 91-116. The lecture of 1901.

5. "Le Souvenir du present et la fausse reconnaissance,"

pp. 117-161. Reprint from Revue philosophique of article of 1908.

6. "L'Effort intellectuel," pp. 163-202. Reprint from Revue philosophique of article of 1902.

7. "Le Cerveau et la Pensee: une illusion philosophique,"

pp. 203-223. The Lecture given at the International Congress at Geneva, formerly printed in the Revue de metaphysique et de morale as "Le Paralogisme psycho- physiologique."

English Translation: MIND-ENERGY, by Dr. Wildon Carr.

Macmillan, 1920.

The forthcoming second volume of collected essays on The Method of Intuitional Philosophy will contain inter alia: Introduction on "Method."

Reprint of "L'Intuition philosophique." Introduction a la metaphysique, "La Perception du Changement."

Three articles, bearing the t.i.tles "Memoire et reconaissance,"

"Perception et matiere" and "L'Idee de neant," which appeared respectively in Revue philosophique (1896), Revue de metaphysique et de morale (1896) and Revue philosophique (1906) have been omitted from their places in the above list because they were subsequently incorporated into the larger works Matiere et Memoire and L'Evolution creatrice.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PART TWO

BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON BERGSON

Section I. Books directly on Bergson

(a) French Publications.

BENDA, Julien.

Le Bergsonisme ou une Philosophie de la Mobilite. Paris, Mercure de France. 1912.

Une Philosophie pathetique. Cahiers de la Quinzaine. Paris, 1913, Ser. 15, Cah 2.

Sur le succes du Bergsonisme. 1914. Incorporates Une Philosophie pathetique.

BERTHELOT, R.

Un Romantisme Utilitaire. Paris, 1911. Vol. 2, Le Pragramatisme chez Bergson.

Le pragmatisme de Bergson. Paris, Alcan, 1913.

COIGNET, Clarisse.

De Kant a Bergson. Reconciliation de la religion et de la science dans un spiritualisme nouveau. Paris, 1911 (Alcan).

Concluding 60 pages deal with Bergson.

DESAYMARD, Joseph.

La Pensee d'Henri Bergson. In series Les Hommes et les Idees.

Paris, 1912. Mercure de France. Pp. 82. With portrait and bibliography (reprint of Mr. Pogson's list).

DWELSHAUVERS, Georges.

Raison et intuition. Etudes sur la philosophie de Bergson, 1906.

FARGES.

Theorie fondamentale de l'Acte et de la Puissance avec la critique de la philosophie nouvelle de MM. Bergson et Le Roy. Paris, 1909. (Etudes philosophiques, No. 1.)

La philosophie de M. Bergson. Expose et critique. Paris, 1912.

FOUILLEE, Alfred.

La Pensee et les nouvelles ecoles anti-intellectuelles. Paris, 1910.

GAGNEBIN, S.

La philosophie de l'intuition. 1912. Saint Blaise, 'Foyer Solidariste. Pp. 240. Mainly on Le Roy, Bergson's disciple, but a third of the book deals with the master.

GILLOUIN, Rene.

Bergson: Choix de textes, etudes sur l'OEuvre, notices biographiques et bibliographiques. Paris, 1910, Michaud. Series Les Grands Philosophes. Ill.u.s.trated. Pp. 220.

Essay of 30 pages on Bergson's philosophy. Extracts from Bergson's works. Pp. 39-220.

La Philosophie de M. Bergson. Paris, 1911, Gra.s.set. Pp. 187.

GRANDJEAN, F.

Une revolution dans la philosophie, La Doctrine de Bergson.

Atar, Geneva, 2nd ed., 1916.

LE ROY, Edouard.

Une Philosophie nouvelle: Henri Bergson. Paris, 1912.

English Translation: A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson, by Vincent Benson. 1913. Williams and Norgate. Pp. 235.

The author of this work is Bergson's famous pupil, who now lectures in his place at the College de France.

MARITAIN, J.

La philosophie bergsonienne. Paris, Riviere, 1914. Pp. 477.

MEUNIER, D.

Lecon de Bergson. 1914.