Abstract
In this paper, the concept of creative emotion (émotion créatrice) and the understanding of democracy, which arises out of it, in the philosophy of Bergson is analysed. This specific emotion does not depend on an object’s intellectual representation; therefore, Bergson refers to it as “supra-intellectual.” Contrary to the usual “infra-intellectual” emotions, it is primary in regard of the mind and the will, and it comprises the fundamental matrix of creative acts of the human being. Creative emotion is one of the forms of the intuition of duration that is rooted in élan vital. It not only determines the essential changes in the fields of art, religion or science, but also re-configures the political rationality by revealing a deeper form of sociality. Thus, the presumed anti-sociality of the philosophy of Bergson is denied. In his last work, The Two Sources of Morality and Religion, Bergson shows how creative emotion transforms understanding of democracy and how it turns this political conception into a dynamic movement corresponding to the deep process of the human being and the whole reality.
Highlights
In this paper, the concept of creative emotion and the understanding of democracy, which arises out of it, in the philosophy of Bergson is analysed
This specific emotion does not depend on an object's intellectual representation
it is primary in regard of the mind
Summary
The concept of creative emotion (émotion créatrice) and the understanding of democracy, which arises out of it, in the philosophy of Bergson is analysed. Pabrėžtina, kad Bergsono akyse trukmės intuicija nėra tik filosofijos, kaip teorinės analizės, metodas, bet ir praktinės socialinės veiklos šaltinis. Kad būtų „sunku įsivaizduoti veiklią meilę, kuri niekam nebūtų skirta“, ir čia pat, tęsdamas kuriančiosios emocijos analizę aukščiausiame jos raiškos – „mistinės“ raiškos – lygmenyje, nurodo, kad ši meilė „prisijungia sau vertas mylėti būtybes“, kad mistiko sąmonėje dieviškasis kūrimo aktas yra kaip tik tas veiksmas, kuriuo meilė „sukuria būtybes“ tam, kad jas mylėtų (ibid.: 270).
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