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Leszek Kolakowski shows how Henri Bergson sought to reconcile Darwin's theory with his own beliefs about the nature of the universe. Bergson believed that time could be thought of in two different ways: as an abstract measuring device used for practical purposes, or as 'duree', the "real" time we actually experience. He also held that all matter is propelled by an internal 'elan vital', or life-drive, and that the life of the universe is const...

Jean Murray Cole is an independent writer, researcher, and historian based in Indian River, Ontario. She is the author of many regional histories and of Exile in the Wilderness: The Biography of Chief Factor Archibald McDonald 1790-1853 (University of Washington Press 1979).

Die Jahre von 1934 bis 1936 zeigen Glauser auf dem Höhepunkt seines Schaffens. Er vollendet drei Romane und schreibt drei Dutzend Erzählungen und Feuilletons, die in der Schweizer Literatur jener Zeit ihresgleichen suchen.\x09Weit gespannt ist das Spektrum der Themen, von der humoristischen Schilderung eines helvetischen Musikfests bis zur philosophischen Betrachtung eines französischen Hühnerhofs, und überall findet sich der unverwechselbare ...

Have you ever loved a magical book above all others? Have you ever wished the magic were real? Welcome to The Land of Laughs. A novel about how terrifying that would be.Schoolteacher Thomas Abbey, unsure son of a film star, doesn't know who he is or what he wants--in life, in love, or in his relationship with the strange and intense Saxony Gardner. What he knows is that in his whole life nothing has touched him so deeply as the novels of Marsh...