Les Philo-Fables (Hebrew)

Title

en_US Les Philo-Fables (Hebrew)

Description

en_US Language note: Hebrew

Michel Piquemal; Translator Reuven Miran

Creator

en_US Piquemal, Michel See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Lagautrière, Philippe

Date

2022-11-07T16:11:20Z

2012-06

en_US 2006

Date Available

2022-11-07T16:11:20Z

Date Issued

en_US 2006

Abstract

en_US Here is the Hebrew version of a 2003 French book already in the collection. These are philosophical fables for children. As I wrote there, Amazon's summary is a good start: "Les philo-fables, ce sont des fables simples et riches de sens tirées de la philosophie occidentale, de la mythologie et des sagesses d'Orient. 60 fables accompagnées de questions, de repères et de mots-clés... Voilà de quoi aider les enfants, dès 9 ans, à franchir la porte de l'atelier du philosophe. A lire pour le plaisir de penser plus grand et plus loin!" The book is wonderfully colorful and engaging. I cannot be sure which fables are taken from the French and put in the Hebrew. Some of the stories, like the first, are more exactly fables and are taken from fables. Two hedgehogs are cold and lie together but then find that they are hurting each other. They get away from each other, but then grow cold. It takes them some time to find the proper distance. Another such fable is "The Blind and the Lame" from Florian. Most of these thought-provoking stories come from other than the fable tradition. That fact fits my thinking because these sources probably fit best what I have called "parables," stories that question values rather than stories that invite perception. There is, for example, the great story of the two monks who encounter a pretty young woman who wants to cross the river. One picks her up and carries her across. The other is scandalized that a monk would touch a woman. When they arrive back at the monastery, the outraged monk accuses the other, who answers "I put her down two hours ago. You still have her on your back!" The colorful, simple art is just right for this book.

Identifier

en_US 12244 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/138631

Language

en_US heb

Publisher

en_US Achuzat Bayit Publishign House

en_US Tel-Aviv, Israel

Subject

Various See all items with this value