An Introduction to Metaphysics: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

An Introduction to Metaphysics, credited to Henri Bergson, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of An Introduction to Metaphysics, by Henri Bergson. Translated by T.E. Hulme. An Introduction to Metaphysics (Introduction a la Metaphysique) is a 1903 essay by Henri Bergson that explores the concept of reality. For Bergson, reality occurs not in a series of discrete states but as a process similar to that described by the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Reality is fluid and cannot be completely understood through reductionistic analysis, which he said "implies that we go around an object", gaining knowledge from various perspectives which are relative. Instead, reality can be grasped absolutely only through intuition, which Bergson expressed as "entering into" the object. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: An Introduction to Metaphysics
• Author credits: Henri Bergson
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 1:45:52

Catalogue topics

• metaphysics
• philosophy
• intuition
• reality

Track guide

1. 0 - Translator's Preface — 2:38
2. 1 - Part 1 — 9:36
3. 2 - Part 2 — 34:18
4. 3 - Part 3 — 27:26
5. 4 - Part 4 — 31:55

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