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Henri Bergson was born the year that Darwin publishedOn the Origin of Species. The significance of this and other works on the theory of evolution in the development of Bergson's philosophy became clear when he publishedCreative Evolutionand established himself as one of Europe's most influential thinkers. Kolakowski shows how Bergson sought to reconcile Darwinian theory with the view that all matter is propelled by an internal life-drive.