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Here is a thinker whose name is today on everybody''s lips, who is deemed by acknowledged philosophers worthy of comparison with the greatest, and who, with his pen as well as his brain, has overleapt all technical obstacles, and won himself a reading both outside and inside the schools. Beyond any doubt, and by common consent, Mr Henri Bergson''s work will appear to future eyes among the most characteristic, fertile, and glorious of our era. It marks a never-to-be-forgotten date in history; it opens up a phase of metaphysical thought; it lays down a principle of development the limits of which are indeterminable; and it is after cool consideration, with full consciousness of the exact value of words, that we are able to pronounce the revolution which it effects equal in importance to that effected by Kant, or even by Socrates.

En 1915, ya iniciada la Primera Guerra Mundial, Henri Bergson escribió el opúsculo titulado "La filosofía francesa", para la Exposición Universal de San Francisco. Años después, en 1933, en otro contexto histórico muy complejo, reeditó con su discípulo Édouard Le Roy una nueva versión de la obra. Es así como Bergson pasó a formar parte de una larga tradición de pensadores que cultivó el género de la historia de la filosofía francesa, tradición en la que se han destacado autores como Taine, Boutroux, Wahl y Badiou, entre otros. La presente edición crítica, primera en lengua hispana, incluye las variantes de ambas versiones e incorpora una serie de textos que ayudan a comprenderla y a ampliar su alcance. En el estudio preliminar se analiza el marco histórico político de la redacción, y se profundiza sobre todo en su dimensión filosófica. Dada la distancia temporal con algunos de los filósofos y científicos mencionados en el opúsculo, a los que no siempre se ha estudiado en el ámbito hispanoamericano (al menos en su relación con la filosofía bergsoniana), también se presentan de manera sintética los vínculos intelectuales que Bergson mantiene con ellos.    El presente volumen fue preparado por el doctor Jorge Martin, profesor e investigador universitario, que con anterioridad ha publicado en Miño y Dávila Siris. Empirismo e idealismo platónico en el siglo XVIII, del filósofo irlandés George Berkeley.

Edouard Le Roy, a notable French philosopher and mathematician, by "A New Philosophy" as a philosophical book. This work, published in the early twentieth century, made an important addition to the area of philosophy. Le Roy's work might be described as a demand for a philosophical paradigm change. He argues for the significance of reconciling science and philosophy, with the goal of bridging the gap between these two historically different fields. In "A New Philosophy," he presents a holistic approach to human life that considers both empirical and metaphysical dimensions. The investigation of the link between science, religion, and philosophy is one of the book's main themes. According to Le Roy, these realms of human cognition should not be viewed as antagonistic, but rather as complimentary components of a full worldview. Le Roy's writing is distinguished by clarity and precision, making complicated philosophical themes understandable to a wider audience. He highlights the need of accepting ambiguity and humility in the search of knowledge, arguing for a philosophy that is open to new scientific discoveries. In conclusion, Edouard Le Roy's "A New Philosophy" is a thought-provoking work that questions traditional boundaries in philosophy and strives to construct a harmonic synthesis between science and metaphysics.