Life and Work
Bachelard was a postmaster in Bar-sur-Aube, and then studied physics before finally becoming interested in philosophy. He was a professor at Dijon from 1930 to 1940 and then became the inaugural chair in history and philosophy of the sciences at the Sorbonne.
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“The life of a wise man is most of all extemporaneous, for he lives out of an eternity which includes all time.”
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“[To an admirer who said, “You look gorgeous”:] Oh, God, if you only knew how much work it takes.”
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