| 单词 |
Bergsonian |
| 释义 |
Bergsonian, a. and n.|bɜːgˈsəʊnɪən|
[f. the name Bergson (see below) + -ian.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the French philosopher, Henri Bergson (1859– 1941).
B. n. A follower or adherent of Bergson. So Bergsonism |ˈbɜːgsənɪz(ə)m|, the philosophical doctrine of Bergson.
1909W. James Pluralistic Universe v. 215, I must..give some preliminary account of the bergsonian philosophy. Ibid. vi. 266 They are now Bergsonians..and possess the principal thoughts of the master all at once. Ibid. vii. 277 Philosophy, you will say, doesn't lie flat on its belly in the middle of experience, in the very thick of its sand and gravel, as this Bergsonism does. 1920H. Begbie Wm. Booth I. 146 Bergsonism has here a most admirable example of its thesis. 1944G. B. Shaw Everybody's Political What's What viii. 62 When will the royalist lie down with the republican..the Bergsonian with the Darwinian? 1955D. Davie Artic. Energy i. 6 Much modern criticism is Bergsonian, perhaps without knowing it. |
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