If you’re inter­est­ed in explor­ing the phi­los­o­phy of Hen­ri Berg­son, I high­ly rec­om­mend start­ing with his sem­i­nal work Cre­ative Evo­lu­tion (1907). In this text, Berg­son chal­lenges the mech­a­nis­tic view of life and argues for a more dynam­ic, flu­id under­stand­ing of evo­lu­tion dri­ven by “élan vital” (vital force). His dis­tinc­tion between time as lived expe­ri­ence (la durée) and time as mea­sured by clocks offers a pro­found reflec­tion on human con­scious­ness, intu­ition, and cre­ativ­i­ty. This work not only reshapes the way we think about biol­o­gy and meta­physics but also invites read­ers to con­sid­er how we engage with the world in a more intu­itive, less deter­min­is­tic man­ner.