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PL
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Boston : Beacon Press, 1964.
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viii, 115 p.; 20 cm
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"[Bachelard] is neither a self-confessed and tortured atheist like Satre, nor, like Chardin, a heretic combining a belief in God with a proficiency in modern science. But, within the French context, he is almost as important as they are because he has a pseudo-religious force, without taking a stand on religion. To define him as briefly as possible – he is a philosopher, with a professional training in the sciences, who devoted most of the second phase of his career to promoting that aspect of human nature which often seems most inimical to science: the poetic imagination ..." – J.G. Weightman, The New York Times Review of Books
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Quote: "We have only to speak of an object to think that we are being
objective. But, because we chose it in the first place, the object
reveals more about us than we do about it." [cited by McGrane].
objective. But, because we chose it in the first place, the object
reveals more about us than we do about it." [cited by McGrane].