Bergson and His Philosophy - Part 8
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Part 8

Essai sur la relation du corps avec l'esprit.

Bergson's second notable work Published by Alcan, Paris, in Bibliotheque de philosophie contemporaine, pp iii-280. Thirteen editions by 1919.

English Translation: Matter and Memory, by Nancy Margaret Paul and W. S. Palmer. Published 1911, Swan & Sonnenschein (now George Allen & Unwin), in the Library of Philosophy.

1897 PRINCIPES DE METAPHYSIQUE ET DE PSYCHOLOGIE D'APRES MONSIEUR PAUL JANET.

A critical review in Revue philosophique (Vol. XLIV, Nov., 1897, pp. 525-551).

1900 LE RIRE.

Essai sur la signification du comique.

First published as two articles in Revue de Paris, 1900 (Vol. I, pp. 512-545 and pp. 759-791). Book form, Paris (Alcan), 1901, Bibliotheque de philosophie contemporaine, pp. vii-205. By 1919, seventeen editions.

English Translation: Laughter--An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic, by Brereton and Rothwell. Published 1911, Macmillan.

This essay is based on a lecture given by Bergson while at Clermont-Ferrand, on Feb 18, 1884, a report of which appeared in the local paper Moniteur du Puy de Dome, Feb. 21, 1884.

1900 NOTES SUR LES ORIGINES PSYCHOLOGIES DE NOTRE CROYANCE A LA LOI DE CAUSALITE.

Short paper of fifteen pages, read at the First International Congress of Philosophy, held in Paris, August 1 to 5, 1900 Published in Bibhotheque du Congres International de Philosophie, being special numbers of the Revue de metaphysique et de morale. Paris (Armand Colin). Discussion reported in the Revue, Sept, 1900, Vol VIII, pp 655-660.

1901 LE REVE.

Conference a l'Inst.i.tut psychologique international.

March 26, 1901 Published, Pans, Bulletin de l'Inst.i.tut, May, 1901; Revue scientifique, June 8, 1901, and abridged, Revue de philosophie, 1901. As Book, Alcan, 1901.

Reprinted in the volume of collected papers L'Energie spiriuelle, 1919, pp 91-116.

English Translation: Dreams, by Dr Edwin E Slosson.

Published first as articles in the Independent of Oct 23 and 30, 1913 Book form 1914 Fisher Unwin.

Reissued in 1920 in Mind-Energy, English Translation of L'Energie spirituelle.

1901 LE PARALLELISME PSYCHO-PHYSIQUE ET LA METAPHYSIQUE POSITIVE.

Bergson's first contribution to the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie, June, 1901. The important lecture in which he defended the propositions set forth on pages 53-54 of this present work.

1901 L'INCONSCIENT DANS LA VIE MENTALE.

Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie.

1901 LE VOCABULAIRE TECHNIQUE ET CRITIQUE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE.

Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie.

1902 L'EFFORT INTELLECTUEL.

Article in the Revue philosophique, Jan, 1902, Vol XLIII, pp 1-27. This article supplements parts of the larger work Matiere et Memoire.

Reprinted in 1919 in the volume of collected essays, L'Energie spintuelle, pp 163-202 English Translation in 1920 in volume Mind-Energy (Macmillan).

1902 L'INTELLECT ET LA VOLONTE Discours au Lycee Voltaire, July, 1902 Published Imprimerie Quelquejeu

1902 LE VOCABULAIRE PHILOSOPHIQUE.

Collaboration Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie, July, 1902.

1903 RAPPORT SUR LA FONDATION "CARNOT" (1902).

Published in Jan, 1903, in Seances et travaux de l'Academie des sciences morales et pohtiques. Also Memoires de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques, 1904.

1903 INTRODUCTION A LA METAPHYSIQUE.

Article in Revue de metaphysique et de morale. Paris, Jan, 1903.

English Translation: An Introduction to Metaphysics, by T. E. Hulme Published in 1913, Macmillan.

Valuable as an independent statement of his doctrine of Intuition. Not to be regarded as a mere epitome of the larger works, although it makes a good preface to them.

To be included in forthcoming volume of collected essays and lectures.

1903 LA PLACE ET LE CARACTERE DE LA PHILOSOPHIE DANS L'ENSEIGNEMENT SECONDAIRE.

Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie, Feb., 1903, p. 44. An address delivered before the Societe in Dec., 1902.

1903 LA NOTION DE LA LIBERTE MORALE.

Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie, April, 1903, p. 101.

1903 RAPPORT SUR LE PRIX "HALPHEN."

Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques, July, 1903. Also Memoir es de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques, 1904.

1903 LA PHILOSOPHIE SOCIALE DE COURNOT.

Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie, Aug, 1903, p. 229.

1904 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE RUSKIN "LA BIBLE D'AMIENS."

Traduction francaise de M. Proust, Seances de l'Acadimie des sciences morales et politiques, 1904.

1904 NOTICE SUR LA VIE ET SUR LES OEUVRES DE FELIX RAVAISSON-MOLLIEN, Lue dans les seances du 20 et 27 fevrier, 1904, de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.

Published in Seances et travaux de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques, Paris, 1904, and in Memoires de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques, in 1907.

1904 LE PARALOGISME PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGIQUE.

Lecture given at the Second International Congress of Philosophy held at Geneva from Sept. 4 to 8, 1904.

Published in Revue de metaphysique et de morale, numero exceptionel (Nov, 1904).

Reprinted in 1919 in the volume of collected essays L'Energie spirituelle, pp. 203-223, under new t.i.tle Le Cerveau et la pensee: une illusion philosophique.

English Translation, 1920 in volume: Mind-Energy.

1904 LES COURBES RESPIRATOIRES PENDANT L'HYPNOSE Article contributed to the Bulletin de l'Inst.i.tut general psychologique.

1904 PREFACE de la Psychologie Rationelle, d'Emile Lubac.

Published at Paris, Alcan. Four pages on Intuition.

1904 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. MORTET "Notes sur le texte des 'Inst.i.tutiones' de Ca.s.siodore."

Seances de l'Academie des sciences morales et politiques.

1904 VISION DE LUEURS DANS L'OBSCURITE PAR LES SENSITIFS.

Bulletin de l'Inst.i.tut general psychologique, Jan., 1904.

1904 LES RADIATIONS "N."

Bulletin de l'Inst.i.tut general psychologiques, Jan., 1904.

1905 ESPRIT ET MATIERE.

Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie.

1905 THEORIE DE LA PERCEPTION.

Article in the Bulletin de la Societe francaise de philosophie, March, 1905, pp. 94-95. An address given in Dec., 1904.

1905 REPONSE A MONSIEUR RAGEOT.

Article in Revue philosophique, Vol LX, p 229. Criticism by Monsieur Rageot appears on p. 84. See Ward on this point. Realm of Ends, p. 307.

1905 RAPPORT SUR UN OUVRAGE DE M. OSSIP LOURIE (now Professeur a l'Universite nouvelle de Bruxelles).