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Smartest man ever

>> No.13529667
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13529667

He was great in the Godfather movies

>> No.13529676

>>13529650
How?

>> No.13529678

>>13529667
kek

>> No.13529685

>>13529676
(OP here): Bergson's books

1-Time and Free Will: he lays out a solution to solve the problem of the possibility of freedom in a deterministic universe. Crystal clear writing, concepts unheard of before (duration, qualitative multiplicity, ...)

2- Matter and Memory: he shows how the "neurosciences" of his time worked with an unexamined metaphysic of mind and spirit, and how to solve the body / mind problem as well as idealism vs realism.
As in every book, he digest all the SCIENTIFIC production of his time before forming an opinion. He was the equivalent of a guy discussing the latest article in Nature instead of saying "science is wrong".

(more later...)

>> No.13529688

He embarrassed himself with the Einstein debate.

>> No.13529720

>>13529688
>During the debate, Einstein explicitly stated what he held to be the purpose of philosophy and why it should not play a role at all with respect to time

>For many, Bergson’s defeat represented a victory of “rationality” against “intuition.” It marked a moment when intellectuals were no longer able to keep up with revolutions in science due to its increasing complexity. Thus began “the story of the setback, after a period of unprecedented success, of Bergson’s philosophy of absolute time—unquestionably under the impact of relativity.” Most important, then began the period when the relevance of philosophy declined in the face of the rising influence of science.
Is this the moment where things went wrong? did philosophy ever recover?

>> No.13529760

>>13529667
lord of kek

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>>13529650

>> No.13530115

>>13530108
Remember the time Guenon literally called Bergson a dirty Jew.

>> No.13530189

>>13529720

>during his presentation to the committee Einstein literally says ”the time of the philosophers is over”
>expects people to laugh
>nobody is laughing
>Bergson writes his book in response
>world wide acclaim

Bergson is the reason Einstein didn’t get the Nobel prize

>> No.13530217

>>13529650
>says free will is real and memory isn't in the brain
>smart
haha no

>> No.13530219

>>13530189
Einstein was a true genius, on another level to pseud Bergson.

>> No.13530233

>>13530115
that's the power of the Traditionalist School

>> No.13530249

>>13530219
Einstein literally thought Freud was far superior to him. Imagine that

https://www.public.asu.edu/~jmlynch/273/documents/FreudEinstein.pdf

Keep trying kid, but I suggest reading more and posturing less

>> No.13530273

>>13530189
>Bergson is the reason Einstein didn’t get the Nobel prize
but He did get the Nobel prize

>> No.13530285

>>13530273
After a year of deliberation and pleading by the goyim

>> No.13530288

>>13530249
People aren’t always the best at evaluating themselves.

>> No.13530300

>>13530273
not for anything related to Relativity