First principles vs L'Évolution créatrice: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Biological Evolution, Evolution, Philosophy
First principles
Herbert Spencer was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era. Spencer developed an all-embracing conception of evolution as…
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L'Évolution créatrice
French philosopher Henri Bergson's Creative Evolution was published in 1907 and translated into English in 1911. Very popular at the time, it gives an alternate mechanism for evolution - that it is motivated by an "elan…
The verdict
- Readers rate L'Évolution créatrice highest: L'Évolution créatrice 4.1 · First principles 3.7.
- L'Évolution créatrice is the quickest read — about 7 hours vs 10 for First principles.
- L'Évolution créatrice has the widest readership — 1522 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| First principles | L'Évolution créatrice | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.7 (98) | 4.1 (1522) |
Reception
| First principles | L'Évolution créatrice | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 98 | 1522 |
| Editions | 54 | 125 |
| Citations | 26 | — |
| Film adaptations | 1 | — |
| Want to read | — | 7847 |
| Reading it now | — | 376 |
| Written reviews | — | 111 |
| Wikipedia attention | 11855 | — |
| Pages | 550 | 416 |