ABSTRACT
It is difficult to fully understand Bergson’s philosophy without taking into account the German “cultural transfer” that marked his—and his generation’s—intellectual itinerary. In addition to studying the classics of German Idealism, Bergson established and cultivated personal relationships and correspondences with several German intellectuals, including Rudolf Eucken, Georg Simmel, Hans Driesch, Hermann Keyserling, and Max Scheler. In each of the intellectual environments of these philosophers, Bergson’s ideas were introduced into already existing debates and imbued with implications and meanings often absent in its original French context. Crossing the “atlas” through which Bergsonian thought in Germany passed, each of the relationships with German philosophy produced a “feedback effect” on Bergson’s work, each time on a different theme, which will allow us to understand his positions in the Two Sources in a deeper way.
