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Author: Luc Ferry ,
Theo Cuffe
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperPerennial
Dimensions:
Width: 13.50cm
, Height: 2.40cm
, Length: 20.30cm
Weight: 0.358kg
ISBN: 9780062215451
ISBN 10: 0062215450
Pages: 416
Publication Date: 30 January 2014
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""In this marvelously wise and expansive book, Luc Ferry argues for the primacy of Greek myth. ... Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it's rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful."" -- Boston Globe ""With Luc Ferry as a guide, our passage through the storied landscape of Greek mythology becomes a captivating lesson in philosophy."" -- Le Monde (France) ""Ferry's charm as a teacher bursts through on every page."" -- Wall Street Journal ""A marvelously wise and expansive book. ... Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it's rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful."" -- Boston Globe
In this marvelously wise and expansive book, Luc Ferry argues for the primacy of Greek myth. ... Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it's rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful. -- Boston Globe With Luc Ferry as a guide, our passage through the storied landscape of Greek mythology becomes a captivating lesson in philosophy. -- Le Monde (France) Ferry's charm as a teacher bursts through on every page. -- Wall Street Journal A marvelously wise and expansive book. ... Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it's rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful. -- Boston Globe
Ferry's charm as a teacher bursts through on every page. --Wall Street Journal
A marvelously wise and expansive book. ... Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it's rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful. --Boston Globe
In this marvelously wise and expansive book, Luc Ferry argues for the primacy of Greek myth. ... Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it's rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful. -- Boston Globe With Luc Ferry as a guide, our passage through the storied landscape of Greek mythology becomes a captivating lesson in philosophy. -- Le Monde (France) Ferry's charm as a teacher bursts through on every page. -- Wall Street Journal A marvelously wise and expansive book. ... Ferry writes with warmth, wit, and energy; one could call his prose conversational, but it's rare to have a conversation quite this wonderful. -- Boston Globe Ferry draws out deeper meanings of myths about how the world works and of the place of mortals in it... The Wisdom of the Myths is part of a grand enterprise to revive practical wisdom and secular humanism. -- The Guardian
Author Information
Luc Ferry is a philosopher and the author of the national bestseller A Brief History of Thought. From 2002 to 2004 he served as France's minister of national education. He has been awarded the Prix Médicis, Prix Jean-Jacques-Rousseau, and Prix Aujourd'hui, in addition to being an officer of the French Legion of Honor and a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. He lives in Paris.
