PARMENIDES AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE SUN

Discover the master of Socrates! A wonderful story... Soaring! Like a shooting star, the daughter of the Sun has left the Palace of the Stars to seek the Truth with a capital V. Along the way, she will have to pull the beards of universe explainers, avoid ghosts, drive a magic chariot on the paths of Day and Night... and meet Parmenides, the very first of the philosophers. ... and a reflection on... truth, fiction and reality, being and non-being, the principle of non-contradiction. Why this book? Parmenides, philosopher of the 5th century BC, teacher of Socrates, is known for having invented the principle of non-contradiction and several essential concepts of Western philosophy, such as those of being and of being. non-being. Parmenides and the Daughter of the Sun invites the young reader, through an initiatory story of extraordinary poetry, to travel the path of stories and myths to the abode of truth. The author: Through her bewitching pen, Louise Guillemot takes us on a journey with the great thinkers of Antiquity: Pythagoras, and soon Parmenides, Homer... whom she meets daily in her research work at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. The illustrator: When she is not illustrating children's books, Lauranne Quentric makes puppets and paints theater sets. For Parmenides and the Daughter of the Sun, she created illustrations cut out of tissue paper, light and delicate like the laughter of a young Greek goddess when she soars into the sky. 64 pages - paperback jacket - format 14 x 21 cm