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Meaning of Bergsonian | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
bɜː(ɹ)ɡˈsəʊnɪən

Definitions

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.

Equivalents

Čeština bergsonovský
Français bergsonien

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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