On the side of the House of Philosophy
On the side of the House of Philosophy

On the side of the House of Philosophy

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That day, I couldn’t go to a day on zetetique, an event about critical mind, taking place in Montpellier… I finally decided to console myself by going to this bookstore. For a pleasant moment of sharing: I was offered a Montaigne, … a delicious French white wine 🙂

After looking around the library, I decided to buy the following books (in French):

Discourse on the Method, René Descartes
Univers des Lettres Bordas, 1984
ISBN : 2-04-016024-8
Meditations on First Philosophy, René Descartes
Classiques Larousse, 1973
ISBN : 2-03-870043-5
The Hidden Dimension, Edward T. Hall
Éditions du Seuil, Points, 1978
ISBN : 2-02-004776-4
The Stranger, Albert Camus
Le livre de poche, Gallimard, 1964
ISBN : 05.140-XVI-5-1418
The Plague, Albert Camus
Le livre de poche, Gallimard, 1964.
ISBN : 05.120-XIX-6-1416
Encyclopedia of preconceived ideas
Claude Vallette, Tom Burnam
Éditions du Rocher
Nausea, Jean-Paul Sartre
Folio, Gallimard, 1985.
ISBN : 2-07-036805-X
Existentialism Is a Humanism, Jean-Paul Sartre
Folio essais, Gallimard, 1996.
ISBN : 2-07-032913-5
The travel book, Bernard Werber
Le livre de poche, Albin Michel, 1997
ISBN : 2-253-15018-5
Foundation’s Edge, Isaac Asimov
Folio SF, Denoël, 2019 (édition plus récente)
ISBN : 978-2-07-036063-5
Great adventures of science
Pierre Gauroy

Other books:

  • La genèse des continents et des océans (The genesis of continents and oceans), by Alfred Wegener
  • Les concepts fondamentaux de la psychologie sociale (Fundamental concepts of social psychology), by Gustave-Nicolas Fischer
  • Merveilles et secrets de l’esprit humain, psychologie de la vie quotidienne (Wonders and secrets of the human mind, psychology of daily life)
  • 2100, récit du prochain siècle (2100, story of the next century), by Thierry Gaudin

Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested.

Sir Francis Bacon

For information, here is the link to the annual event from the ALDERAN association website: http://www.alderan-philo.org/content/bouquinerie-philo

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