ABSTRACT
The importance of Memory is recognized by all persons–whether psychologists or not. This chapter considers how the lesson has been learnt and picture to the author the successive phases of the process. Henri Bergson takes up the cudgels to attack the view which aims at blending Memory with Perception, as being of like kind. Bergson argues, must be distinguished from Perception, however much we admit that memories enter into and colour all our perceptions. The importance of Memory is recognized by all persons—whether psychologists or not. At the present time there is a growing interest in systems of memory-training offered to the public, which aim at mental efficiency as a means to success in life. The truth is that Memory does not consist in a regression from the present into the past, but on the contrary, in a progress from the past to the present. Bergson then passes on to discuss other views of Memory, and in particular, those which deal with the nature of Memory and its relation to the brain.
