Ansell-Pearson's study shows what is remarkable about Bergson's thinking, introducing core questions of evolution and ethics within his work. Appealing to both students and specialists, including those working in the fields of the philosophies of nature and life, of education, and of ethics, Ansell-Pearson presents Bergson's key insights into philosophy through a discussion of his thoughts on education and the art of life, and shows the relevance of Bergson's ideas to our contemporary situation and ecological concerns.

For Ansell-Pearson Bergson is the most important philosopher of life of the modern epoch, superior in scope and ambition, as well as contemporary relevance, to Nietzsche and other modern philosophers of life. Written for a new generation of readers of Bergson, this makes a thought-provoking contribution to the renaissance of interest in his work.