"[Bachelard] is neither a self-confessed and tortured atheist like Satre, nor, like Chardin, a heretic combining a belief in God with a proficiency in modern science. But, within the French context, he is almost as important as they are because he has a pseudo-religious force, without taking a stand on religion. To define him as briefly as possible – he is a philosopher, with a professional training in the sciences, who devoted most of the second phase of his career to promoting that aspect of human nature which often seems most inimical to science: the poetic imagination ..." – J.G. Weightman, The New York Times Review of Books
- ISBN10 0807064610
- ISBN13 9780807064610
- Publish Date 30 January 1987
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Beacon Press
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 132
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780807064610