


Books in series

Dédale et Icare
2018

La chute de Troie
2018

Œdipe
2018

Persée et la Gorgone Méduse
2017

Thésée et le Minotaure
2016

Antigone
2017

Eros et Psyché
2019

Prométhée et la boite de Pandore
2016

Orphée et Eurydice précédé de Déméter et Perséphone
2021

Dionysos
2020

Tantale et autres mythes de l'orgueil
2019

Athena
2021

Typhon
2022

Apollon
2021

Les Enfers
Au royaume d'Hadès
2021
Authors

Luc Ferry (born January 1, 1951) is a French philosopher and a notable proponent of Secular Humanism. He is a former member of the Saint-Simon Foundation think-tank. He received an Agrégation de philosophie (1975), a Doctorat d’Etat en science politique (1981), and an Agrégation de science politique (1982). As a Professor of political science and political philosophy, Luc Ferry taught at the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon (1982–1988) — during which time he also taught and directed graduate research at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University —, at Caen University (1989–96). He was a professor at Paris Diderot University (since 1996) but did not teach there. From 2002 and until 2004 he served as the Minister of Education on the cabinet led by the conservative Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. During his tenure, he was the minister in charge of the implementation of the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools. He received the award of Docteur honoris causa from the Université de Sherbrooke (Canada). He is the 2013 Telesio Galilei Academy of science Laureate for Philosophy. He was enthroned to Chevalier De La Dive Bouteille De Gaillac on the 20 march 2012 together with Max Karoubi and Francesco Fucilla. Source: Wikipedia