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Gaston Bachelard

Born

in France

June 27, 1884

Died

October 16, 1962

Genre

Philosophy, Poetry, Philosophy

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Gaston Bachelard was a French philosopher who rose to some of the most prestigious positions in the French academy. His most important work is on poetics and on the philosophy of science. To the latter he introduced the concepts of epistemological obstacle and epistemological break (obstacle épistémologique et rupture épistémologique). He influenced many subsequent French philosophers, among them Michel Foucault and Louis Althusser.

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	The Poetics of Space by Gaston Bachelard, Maria Jolas (Translator), John R. Stilgoe (Foreward) 4.18 avg rating — 10,229 ratings — published 1957 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Psychoanalysis of Fire by Gaston Bachelard, Northrop Frye (Foreword), Alan C. M. Ross (Translator) 3.92 avg rating — 757 ratings — published 1938 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetics of Reverie: Childhood, Language, and the Cosmos 4.27 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1960 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Water and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Matter by Gaston Bachelard, Edith R. Farrell (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 547 ratings — published 1942 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Flame of a Candle 3.96 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1961 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Air and Dreams: An Essay on the Imagination of Movement (Bachelard Translation Series) by Gaston Bachelard, Edith Farell (Translator), Frederick Farell (Translator) 4.27 avg rating — 231 ratings — published 1943 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Formation of the Scientific Mind by Gaston Bachelard, Mary M. Jones (Introduction) 3.92 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 1938 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	حدس اللحظة by Gaston Bachelard, غاستون باشلار, رضا عزوز (مترجم) 3.86 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1932 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	جدلية الزمن by Gaston Bachelard, غاستون باشلار, خليل أحمد خليل (ترجمة وتحقيق) 3.67 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1936 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The New Scientific Spirit 3.92 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1934 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.”
― Gaston Bachelard , The Poetics of Space

tags: dream, house, privacy, space

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“Rilke wrote: 'These trees are magnificent, but even more magnificent is the sublime and moving space between them, as though with their growth it too increased.”
― Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space

tags: 201, nature, rilke, space, trees

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“To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.”
― Gaston Bachelard

tags: books, language, literature, poetry, reading, words

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