Les Philo-Fables

Title

en_US Les Philo-Fables

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Language note: French

en_US Michel Piquemal

Creator

en_US Piquemal, Michel

Contributor

en_US Lagautrière, Philippe

Date

2016-08-26T13:38:57Z

en_US 2015-10

en_US 2003

Date Available

2016-08-26T13:38:57Z

Date Issued

en_US 2003

Abstract

en_US "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. 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 (122). 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 (56-57). 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!" Each story has some catch-words above it, as here "Colère, Jalousie, Tentation, Désir." And each has a reflection titled "Dans l'atelier du philosophe." The colorful, simple art is just right for this book."

Identifier

en_US 10837 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/91435

Language

en_US fre

Publisher

en_US Albin Michel

en_US Paris

Subject

en_US PZ24.2.P56Ph 2003

en_US Various

en_US Title Page Scanned

Type

en_US Book, Whole