Sunday, July 12, 2026

Henri Bergson, The Creative Mind: An Introduction to Metaphysics

 The chain of "nows" rolls on relentlessly

The activity of the mind always creates for itself un prĂ©sent qui dure, a “gap between past and future.” […] The chain of “nows” rolls on relentlessly, so that the present is understood as precariously binding past and future together: the moment we try to pin it down, it is either a “no more” or a “not yet.


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