The Meaning of the War

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Henry Bergson was a major French philosopher in the early 1900's. This lecture was delivered in 1914 and addresses the topic of war and its influences. Although war is terrible is does produce good poetry. Bergman also states that war crushes philosophy. Bergman concludes that although poetry is a form of expresion, it is his philosophical beliefs that come to the surface through poetry.