{"product_id":"creative-evolution","title":"Creative Evolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if life is neither a machine nor a finished plan, but something that keeps creating?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Creative Evolution, Henri Bergson asks how life comes to take so many forms. He accepts evolution but challenges two ways of explaining it: blind causes pushing a machine, and a goal fixed in advance. For him, both miss what matters most about time—the possibility that something truly new can happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBergson begins with the difference between time you measure and time you live. Waiting for sugar to melt opens a path toward his central idea: the vital impetus, a current of creative energy. Along the way, a shellfish’s eye, a hunting wasp and a film strip bring his questions about life and the mind into focus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTime you cannot hurry\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider why waiting for sugar to melt reveals something a clock cannot capture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLife beyond the machine\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Bergson’s challenge to explanations that leave no room for genuine creation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe vital impetus\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore his idea of a creative current passing from one generation to the next.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstinct beside intelligence\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet ants, bees and wasps as Bergson traces distinct ways of knowing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAnother way to understand\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover why Bergson turns to intuition where he sees the limits of intellect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love big questions about life, time and the mind, and enjoy following an argument through vivid images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and let a glass of sugar water change how you think about time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534603288924,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/02480_en_ebook-front_c26_9ffc52e4-0508-4f61-a44a-2312e696abb5.jpg?v=1792174946","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/products\/creative-evolution","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}