An wellknown French philosopher, Henri Bergson (1859-1941) was a professor of Philosophy in College de France. Having come to know that Rabindranath wanted to talk to him, Madam Kahn, one day, invited him. Bergson came to see Rabindranath on 24th Aug after they had returned visiting the battle field.Henri-Louis Bergson (French pronunciation: [bɛʁksɔn] 18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergson convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science for understanding reality.
He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented".
He was a short heighted small strature genteman His head is a bit bigger in comparison with his body with long straight nose and penetrating eyes. His mother was a resident of Scotland and could speak English well which was help ful to Rabindranath for their interaction.Sudir Rudra was present during their discussion and described the discussion to Andrews who in his turn published it in Modern Review on Jan 1921 under the title " The Arch from East to West". Both of them had some points of difference.
Afoming back to Paris again Rabindranath stayed there upto 28th Sept in Autour du Monde.and met with two famous persons, Mon Auber on 14th Sept and on 16th Sept a female poet Contesse de Noailles.
