Luc Ferry

Luc Ferry ( born January 1, 1951 in Colombes ) was from 2002 to 2004 Minister of Education in France.

Ferry studied philosophy at the Sorbonne, wrote his doctoral thesis on Johann Gottlieb Fichte and became a professor. Le nouvel ordre In his work écologique, l' arbre, l' animal et l' homme, he joined as a staunch critic of the French Greens and the " Spirit of 68 " on.

To date, he regularly publishes popular science political and philosophical nonfiction. Prime Minister Jean -Pierre Raffarin took Ferry on 7 May 2002 in his very bourgeois cabinet, which was unusual in that Ferry, as usual, was not most of the ministers have been at an elite high school. The most important measure of his term was a plan of action against the reading and writing among French adolescents. On 31 March 2004 he was succeeded in his office of François Fillon.

Ferry is married to Marie -Caroline Becq and has three children.

Works ( in German translation )

• Learning to live: A Philosophical Instructions, (2007) ISBN 978-3-88897-468-7 Apprendre à vivre (2006)
• Learning to live: The Wisdom of the myths (2009) ISBN 978-3-88897-586-8 La Sagesse of mythes (2008)