âThe Meaning of the War - Life and Matter in Conflictâ is a 1915 work within which Henri Bergson explores Germany's policy of 'might is right' as practised by Bismarck, the Prussian empire, and Germany in its long and bloody history of aggression against its neighbours. Contents include: âLife Of Bergsonâ, âIntroductionâ, âLife And Matter At Warâ, and âThe Force Which Wastes And That Which Does Not Wasteâ.Henri-Louis Bergson (1859â1941) was a French-Jewish philosopher. He had a significant influence on the tradition of continental philosophy during the first half of the twentieth century until World War II, and is famous for his idea that immediate experience and intuition are more important than abstract rationalism and science for understanding the nature of reality. In 1927, Bergson received The Nobel Prize in Literature. Other notable works by this author include: âThe Philosophy of Poetry: The Genius of Lucretiusâ (1884), âTime and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousnessâ (1889), and âMatter and Memoryâ (1896). This classic work is being republished now in a new edition complete with a Chapter From âBergson And His Philosophyâ by J. Alexander Gunn.
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