This book tells a largely forgotten story: that of Bergson's relationships with the German philosophy of his time. From "Creative Evolution" (1907) to "The Two Sources of Morality and Religion" (1932), Bergson continuously redefines his own philosophy from the ground up. He enriches it with anthropological themes, in which the echoes of the German debate on life philosophy are audible. Through the analysis of the "German" polemics that concerned Bergson during those years or in which he was involved, this work not only traces the reception of Bergson's work in Germany but also the lasting influence of this intense dialogue: both on the philosophy of the French thinker ("The Two Sources") and on prominent philosophers such as Eucken, Simmel, Driesch, Windelband, and Scheler. The four stations into which this is divided...