Henri Bergson (1859- 1941) was a major French philosopher. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1927 and France's highest honor, the Grand-Croix de la Legion d'honneur, in 1930.

Alexander Lefebvre (translator) is Professor of Politics and Philosophy at the University of Sydney, Australia.

Nils F. Schott (translator) teaches philosophy in the Euro-American Program of the Collège Universitaire de SciencesPo, France.