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Creative Evolution (book)

Creative Evolution (French: L'Évolution créatrice) is a 1907 book by French philosopher Henri Bergson. Its English translation appeared in 1911. The book proposed a version of orthogenesis in place of Darwin's mechanism of natural selection, suggesting that evolution is motivated by the élan vital, a "vital impetus" that can also be understood as…

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FrenchHenri BergsonOrthogenesisDarwinNatural selection
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Author
Henri Bergson
Genre
Non-fiction
Publication date
1907
Language
French
Original title
L'Évolution créatrice
Publication place
France

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Creative Evolution (book)LanguageFrench1.00infobox
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Creative Evolution (book)Publication date19071.00infobox
Creative Evolution (book)Publication placeFrance1.00infobox
Creative Evolution (book)Published in English19111.00infobox
Creative Evolution (book)TranslatorArthur Mitchell1.00infobox
Marcel Proustinstance ofwhich significantly influenced modernist writers and thinkers0.80text
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