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Synopsis
First published in 2002. Henri Louis Bergson was born in Paris, October 18, 1859. He entered the Ecole normale in 1878, and was admitted agr g de philosophie in 1881 and docteur s lettres in 1889. After holding professorships in various provincial and Parisian lyc es, he became ma tre de conf rences at the Ecole normale sup rieure in 1897, and since 1900 has been professor at the Coll ge de France. In 1901 he became a member of the Institute on his election to the Acad mie des Sciences morales et politiques.