Diogenes the Dog-Man

ISBN-13: 9783037349335 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 64 str.

Yan Marchand; Vincent Sorel; Anna Street

Opis

At its most basic, philosophy is about learning how to think about the world around us. It should come as no surprise, then, that children make excellent philosophers Naturally inquisitive, pint-size scholars need little prompting before being willing to consider life's "big questions," however strange or impractical. Plato & Co. introduces children--and curious grown-ups--to the lives and work of famous philosophers, from Socrates to Descartes, Einstein, Marx, and Wittgenstein. Each book in the series features an engaging--and often funny--story that presents basic tenets of philosophical thought alongside vibrant color illustrations.

In Diogenes the Dog-Man, the philosopher Diogenes not only admires the honesty of dogs, he has actually become one--sleeping, eating, and lifting his leg to pee wherever he chooses Best of all, unlike humans, who dupe one another as to their true feelings, Diogenes the Dog-Man is free to bark his displeasure and even bite his adversaries in the calves--even if they happen to be Alexander the Great. Initially, the citizens gathered in the Agora think Diogenes is mad. Does he have rabies? But it soon becomes clear that we can all learn a thing or two from dogs about how to live a simple life.

O autorze

Vincent Sorel hat Illustration an der École des Arts décoratifs in Strasbourg studiert. Regelmäßig beteiligt er sich bei der Comic-Online-Fortsetzungs-Soap Autres Gens, am Fanzine Écarquillettes und am Webmagazin Numo. Seine ausgedehnten Wanderungen haben ihn nach Nantes geführt. Yan Marchand ist Doktor der Philosophie und Schriftsteller. Er lebt in Brest, einer Stadt, in der es tagaus tagein junge Hunde regnet (und deren Architektur immerhin den Vorzug hat, ihn das Sterben zu lehren). Trotzdem besteht keine Gefahr, dass er zum Kyniker wird.