ABSTRACT
Henri Bergson himself would give to his philosophy the title, The Philosophy of Change, and this for a very good reason, for the principle of Change and an insistence on its reality lies at the root of his thought. Really, there is no true immobility, if we imply by that, an absence of movement." This immobility of which we have need for the purposes of action and of practical life, we erect into an absolute reality. It is of course convenient to our sense of sight to lay hold of objects in this way; as pioneer of the sense of touch, it prepares our action on the external world. But, although for all practical purposes we require the notion of immobility as part of our mental equipment, it does not at all help us to grasp reality. In the light of these discoveries, Bergson's views on the reality of Change seem less paradoxical than they might formerly have appeared.
