The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.

Henri Bergson

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Topic

Past and present Effects of the past The past

Author

Henri Bergson

Source

Évolution créatrice

Language

French

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Nobel laureate Philosopher Writer

From

France Europe

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Original Citation

Bergson, Henri. L'Évolution créatrice [Creative Evolution]. 1907.

Current Citation

Bergson, Henri. Creative Evolution. Dover Publications, 1998.

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Ancient times were the youth of the world.

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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 1, pt. 5, no. 1.

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The most decisive actions of our life-I mean those that our most likely to decide the whole course of our future-are more often than not, unconsidered.

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The Counterfeiters

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Author

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Source
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Medium
Novel
Statement Type
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Language
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Time
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Original Citation

Gide, Andre. Les Faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters]. Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1925, pt. 3, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Gide, Andre. The Counterfeiters, translated by Dorothy Bussy. Penguin Books, 1990, pt. 3, ch. 16.