Introduction to Occidental Philosophy

Pierre JACERME

An introduction too the four pillars of the Occidental Philosophy: Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plato and Descates.

Our technical world was founded in the philosophic thought embraced by Heraclitus, Parmenides and Plato that first spread through Greece in the 5th and 4th centuries BC before receiving another decisive impetus in the 16th century by Descartes.
How, from the oppositions between life and existence, opinion and truth, doubt and certainty, was a form of rationality developed that oriented the history of humanity in an ever-increasing mastery of nature? These are the questions that shaped occidental philosophy.

- A book that everybody should read before taking up the discipline.
- The author freely links and comments on the founding texts of Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plato and Descartes.
- A genuine introduction that leads the reader into the world of philosophy. This book appeals to all those who are looking to better understand the world in which we live.

Pierre Jacerme is a philosophy teacher.