1927

Award ceremony speech

  Presentation Speech by Per Hallström, President of the Nobel Committee of the , on December 10, 1928 In his L’Évolution créatrice (1907) [Creative Evolution], Henri Bergson has declared that the most lasting and most fruitful of all philosophical systems are those which originate in intuition. If one believes these words, it appears immediately with…

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Bibliography

Works in French La spécialité. – Angers : Lachèse & Dolbeau, 1882 Extraits de Lucrèce, avec un commentaire, des notes et une étudie sur la poésie, la philosophie, la physique, le texte et la langue de Lucrèce. – Paris : Delagrave, 1884 Essai sur les données immédiates de la conscience. – Paris : Alcan, 1889…

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Banquet speech

As the Laureate was unable to be present at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, December 10, 1928, a letter from the Laureate was read by the French Minister, Mr. Armand Bernard (Translation) I wish I had been able to express my feelings in person. Permit me to do so through the French Minister,…

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