Abstract

The article is an attempt to compare the views of Abramowski Edward and Henry Bergson in regards to the evolution of the human species. Three aspects of their ideas are compared - the struggle for existence, and their views on other theories of evolution available at that time, including the possibility of inherited traits, and consciousness as an evolutionary process. There are clear similarities between the thoughts of the philosophers. Both thinkers perceive reality as dynamic. Their concepts of evolution are in opposition to the theories at the time, which perceived evolutionary process as determined or programmed. Both Abramowski and Bergson grant man a privileged place in the universe and in the process of evolution. This unique position of man comes from consciousness and that consciousness allows free creation and the ability to influence the process of evolution. Abramowski claims that the process of evolution will result in the realization of the idea of the superman - a moral being - its actions guided by the ideal of universal brotherhood. According to Abramowski, all nature works so as to enable the emergence of a superman. Similarly, Bergson believes that the emergence of a superman is a result of the evolution of nature.