Bergson

Henri Bergson proposed that the existence of things precedes their possibility.

Except of course, with respect to his essay on the subject.

Even after the fact, it’s existence does not lend imagined prior plausibilty to the possibility of its future and as yet unrealised existence.

You see the problem there, right? If you don’t, then you’ve proved my point.

Put simply, the man was innovative giant in French philosophy. A yard stick in a carrot field of broken hearts.