Bergsonian
/bɜː(ɹ)ɡˈsəʊnɪən/ adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A follower of Bergsonian philosophy; an adherent of Bergsonism.
Adjective
- 1 Of or relating to Henri-Louis Bergson (1859–1941), French philosopher, who convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science in understanding reality.
"Jimmie, who was so lost in extensional ‘spatial’ time, was perfectly organised in Bergsonian ‘intentional’ time; what was fugitive, unsustainable, as formal structure, was perfectly stable, perfectly held, as art or will."
Example
More examples"Jimmie, who was so lost in extensional ‘spatial’ time, was perfectly organised in Bergsonian ‘intentional’ time; what was fugitive, unsustainable, as formal structure, was perfectly stable, perfectly held, as art or will."
Etymology
From Bergson + -ian.