Initiation à la Philosophie

by Roger Caratini

Une synthèse de ce qu'il faut retenir de 3000 ans de philosophie. Deux parties : une synthèse de l'histoire de la philosophie, des présocratiques à l'aube du XXe siècle, puis une présentation de quelques concepts essentiels : le connaître, l'être et l'agir.

718 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Roger Caratini (born in Paris on 22 December 1924, died in Limeil-Brévannes May 27 2009) is a writer, historian and French encyclopedist. He originates from Corsica through his father's side.

Recognized for the breadth of his knowledge and sometimes compared to Mirandola, he is the author of many popular books and has written almost on his own the entire "Encyclopedia Bordas" in 23 volumes.

His reputation as historian was severely weakened by his work on Napoleon Bonaparte; in his efforts to demonstrate the negative influence and barbaric nature of Napoleon he was critisised to not always use the information correctly. He is part of the group of historians that are "compilers" that is to say they do not work from historical sources but from biographies and scholarly work already existant.

Reviews

[Vygandas Ostrauskis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nustebau pamatęs čia šią knygą. Tikrai gera knyga planuojantiems giliau pastudijuoti filosofiją, o taip pat ir tiems, kurie nori vienoje vietoje rasti žinių apie filosofijos istoriją, žymių filosofų veikalus, filosofijos kryptis. Knygos trūkumas (mano nuomone, galima su tuo ir nesutikti) – kad autorius ne tik filosofas, bet ir matematikas, tad tie matematiniai intarpai buvo nelabai suprantami ir trukdė (nors matematiką esu studijavęs 4,5 metų, t.y. 9 semestrus – tokia studentų dalia kažkada buvo KPI). Šiaip jau supratimo apie filosofiją tikrai padaugėjo.

[Ietrio · Rating 1 out of 5]

What a piece of junk! A catholic for whom philosophy means the regular dogma and maybe some relevant "continental" thought. A mild racist, and a verbose nobody, Roger can waste a whole page debating the ethnic origins of somebody. Of course, the ethnicity has no relevance for the thought. And even if there is a relevance of the ethnicity, his dumb scholasticism would interfere to say something like "the work is more important than the biography".

Like any good theologian, logic and relevance are secondary and they can be absent altogether. So it is more important something like Jesus went to Jerusalem than wasting on nonsensical questions like "how can Jesus be peaceful when he says I bring sword?" Therefore legends and myths are more relevant for this Roger than meaning.

The typography is of low quality, yet somehow better than the text. The math and logic are badly written. And the whole pagination is plain ugly.

Initiation to stupidiy would be a far better title. But, surely, the meek catholic ego would have to suffer. So let's call this form of stupidity philosophy. There! Much better.