La philosophie autrement ! Philosophix propose une entrée originale dans le monde des idées. S'appuyant sur des exemples pris par les philosophes eux-mêmes, cette bande dessinée nous fait découvrir d'étonnantes anecdotes et nous dévoile la saveur et la profondeur des leçons de philosophie qu'elles recèlent. Le mythe de la Caverne, les poires de saint Augustin, le danseur de corde de Nietzsche, la tique de Deleuze... Autant de récits amusants et surprenants, fables de vie et de sagesse, qui marquent l'esprit, invitent à la réflexion et au débat aussi bien les débutants que les passionnés de philosophie. Dix histoires indispensables tirées d'oeuvres majeures pour mieux comprendre la pensée philosophique.
Série de petites histoires qui illustrent les grands concepts philosophiques.
Ma préférence va à Nietzsche et la liberté de l’esprit (surhumain) Il traite de l’humanité passive, de la morale du « troupeau » versus la vie libre, choisie, originale, son propre destin hors norme. Tout individu qui veut devenir libre doit devenir lui même et nécessite de se mettre en danger seul par rapport à la masse humaine et les comportements normalisés.
Une phrase que je retrouve à nouveau : « il faut encore porter en soi un chaos, pour pouvoir mettre au monde une étoile dansante ».
Permet de prendre de la distance sur notre condition d’humain tout comme de nombreuses histoires dans cette BD.
An excellent introduction to some philosophical concepts, in comic format. The author has chosen ten allegories to illustrate a variety of concepts: - Plato's cavern - Theseus's ship - Empedocles's sandal - Thales's well - Augustin's pears - Pascal's reed - Nietzsche's dancer - Lafcadio's act - Sartre's café waiter - Deleuze's tick
The book is very well illustrated, the explanations are not in the least boring, and they are pretty interesting even if you have a good handle on most concepts!
I was quite disappointed with Etienne Garcin's graphic novel, Philosophix, in which he attempts to explain ten famous stories from the history of philosophy in comic form. The premise reminded me immediately of Sophie's World but Garcin delves deeper into the depths of these ideas, not shying away from complexity. Certainly there is a love of ideas that comes across in these narrations and he cleverly inserts himself as a character (and explainer) which gives the book a personal touch. The illustrations are fine, bright and varied but one of the major problems I had with the concept was that I couldn't see what advantage the images brought to the project. There offer very little aid in explaining things and the text is lengthy and difficult to understand (for a philosophy layman) so I found myself longing for a plain text rather than scattered speach bubbles which often meant I lost the flow somewhat. Some of the stories are interesting and I liked the insights into the lives, times and personalities of these famous names but I didn't finish the book with a better understanding of the ideas themselves nor of their relevance. I freely admit that is in part due to my own density but when a book sets out to present new ideas to you, I feel it should leave a clearer impression of those ideas by the end.
2.75 It is written from an existentialist point of view, and really dives only into those kinds of ideas. But it does a good job in describing and interpreting complex ideas.