If you’re seek­ing a start­ing point in the phi­los­o­phy of Hen­ri Berg­son, I rec­om­mend read­ing The Cre­ative Mind (1903). In this work, Berg­son dis­tills many of his key ideas about intu­ition, intel­lect, and the nature of real­i­ty. It pro­vides a clear and acces­si­ble intro­duc­tion to his thoughts on how human con­scious­ness and cre­ativ­i­ty can tran­scend mech­a­nis­tic ways of think­ing, encour­ag­ing a deep­er con­nec­tion with the flu­id, evolv­ing nature of life. The Cre­ative Mind is espe­cial­ly valu­able for those new to Berg­son, as it lays out his ideas with a focus on clar­i­ty and prac­ti­cal rel­e­vance.