usually when we speak of time we think of the measurement o… - Henri Bergson

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usually when we speak of time we think of the measurement of duration, and not of duration itself. But this duration which science eliminates, and which is so difficult to conceive and express, is what one feels and lives.

Henri Bergson

The Creative Mind: An Introduction to Metaphysics · April 12, 2012 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Henri-Louis Bergson (18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential in the first half of the 20th century. He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Alternative Names: Henri-Louis Bergson • H. Bergson • Henry Bergson • Henri Louis Bergson • Berxon

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