Quote by Henri Bergson
To perceive means to immobilize... we seize, in the act of percept

To perceive means to immobilize… we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself. – Henri Bergson

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We regard intelligence as mans main characteristic and we know that there is no superiority which intelligence cannot confer on us, no inferiority for which it cannot compensate. – Henri Bergson

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Instinct perfected is a faculty of using and even constructing organized instruments intelligence perfected is the faculty of making and using unorganized instruments. – Henri Bergson

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