Henri Bergson Quotes


It seems that laughter needs an echo.


Citations

Bergson, Henri. Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic. Translated by Cloudesley Brereton and Fred Rothwell, Macmillan, 1911, p. 5.

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Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson
  • Born: October 18, 1859
  • Died: January 4, 1941
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Philosopher

Henri-Louis Bergson was a French philosopher who was influential in the tradition of continental philosophy, especially during the first half of the 20th century until the Second World War. Bergson is known for his arguments that processes of immediate experience and intuition are more significant than abstract rationalism and science for understanding reality.