La Philosophie De M. Bergson

A passionate defense of classical philosophy against one of the most influential thinkers of the early 20th century. Albert Farges, writing in 1914, undertakes a rigorous critique of Henri Bergson's philosophical system, challenging the French philosopher's radical ideas about time, freedom, and the nature of reality. Farges objects to Bergson's rejection of fixed categories and his emphasis on intuition and becoming over analysis and being. The work reveals the philosophical tensions of its era: the conflict between traditional metaphysical frameworks and the new vitalist, anti-rationalist currents that Bergson represented. Farges positions himself as a clarifying voice for readers overwhelmed by Bergson's notoriously difficult prose, while mounting a scholarly defense of Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy against Bergson's controversial attacks on classical thought.