"Aristote est, au départ, un élève de Platon. On prête à Aristote un mot, devenu célèbre après sa mort, selon lequel il aurait été "l'ami de Platon, mais plus encore de la vérité", ce qui veut dire que, quand il était en désaccord avec son maître (notamment, nous le verrons, sur la théorie des idées), il préférait la vérité à son amitié pour Platon lui-même. Il fut donc, au IVe siècle avant J-C, ce qu'on pourrait nommer un disciple "dissident" de l'Académie..."
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.
Des passages intéressants. C'est intéressant de voir comment la pensée à évoluer depuis l'époque d'Aristote. J'aurais aimé plus de détails sur sa vision de la cité.