The Vitality of Life and Creativity-1900-2025
Bergson challenged the position that viewed life as a product of mechanical evolution and introduced the concept of élan vital (the dynamism of life). For him, life is a creative movement, a flow that does not follow a predictable plan, but rather is a flow of creativity, carving out its own future. This concept of creative evolution focuses on the fact that organisms do not simply adapt to their environment, but also create surprise, beauty, and entirely new forms in it.
This evolution unfolds in an internal time called "duration. Sustenance is a continuous, qualitative flow of time in which the past and present merge and advance into the future. Life continues to change in this duration, creating purpose itself rather than moving toward a fixed goal.
Bergson's ideas apply not only to biological evolution, but also to human consciousness and social creativity. New meanings rise up in such domains as art, morality, and thought, as well as life. His philosophy illuminates "living time" and creative possibilities that lie outside of calculation and prediction.
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