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Les deux sources de la morale et de la religion

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Henri Bergson inquires into the nature of moral obligation, into the place of religion and the purpose it has served since primitive times, into static religion and its value in preserving man from the dangers of his own intelligence; into dynamic religion or mysticism as a means of producing man's forward leap beyond the limits of the closed society for which nature intended him and into the open society which is the brotherhood of man. This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
about as deep as it gets

Here is a work of such scope that it seems very difficult to summarize. One of the main ideas is that the human intellect was evolved as a tool for survival through problem-solving. This tool worked so well that it threatened to become self-defeating, as individuals began to realize they could use their intelligence to take advantage of their fellow beings. This development posed a risk to society as a whole, whose preservation...

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A brilliant exposition by a great thinker.

In Bergson's "Two Sources," the famous french thinker applies his relational methodology and metaphysic to an analysis of religion and morality. Bergson himself was certainly very careful about how he presented his own religious sentiments, and this book continues to show that care, coupled now with his meticulous attention to phenomenological detail. Hence, this is not a proselytizing sermon, but a close analysis of phenomenological...

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