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Henri Bergson on Life

1859–1941 France

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Life does not proceed by the association and addition of elements, but by dissociation and division.

Creative Evolution (1907)

For life is tendency, and the essence of a tendency is to develop in the form of a sheaf, creating, by its very growth, divergent directions among which its impetus is divided.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henri Bergson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.