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Quotes for the CPGE Prépa competitions for the year 2021/2022 Français Philosophie (Français Philo) on the theme of childhood in Prépa.

Perfect for the Prépa Centrale-Supelec, Mines-Ponts and Concours Commun INP CCINP competitions, for the SPÉ MATHS: MP / MP *, PC / PC *, PSI / PSI *, PT / PT * and also math sup: MPSI PSCI PTSI BCPST

Books on the program

Aké, the childhood years of Wole Soyinka (reissue to come from Belford editions),

Émile or Education (Books 1 and 2) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau,

Tales of Andersen, translation by Marc Auchet - Classical Pocket Book No. 16113.

Aké, the Childhood Years is the first autobiography of Wole Soyinka, a great Nigerian writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.

Through his experience and the characters in his story, several themes are resolved, such as education, school, obedience, punishment, games, religion, the relationship to death, the relationship between man and woman, woman, family, elders, etc.

The Emile or Education of Rousseau is an article on the art of training men published by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1762. Reference works in the field of literature and philosophy. Books I and II deal with early childhood: infant and natural age.

They described the ideal upbringing of a fictional child named Emil and addressed educational issues that arose during his growth. Discuss topics such as nature, language, relationship with the outside world, and sensitivity.

This work was censored and severely criticized by Voltaire in particular, but it remains a classic of the philosophy of the Enlightenment.

The tales of Hans Christian Andersen are known in many countries around the world. We owe him The Princess with the Pea (1835), The Little Mermaid (1835), The Ugly Duckling (1842), The Snow Queen (1844), The Little Match Girl (1845), and many more.

In the work translated by Marc Auchet, we rediscover the marvelous nature of these tales, but also more intimate stories, where under the veil of fiction, Andersen reveals his conception of existence, develops his reflections on the social question or says his admiration for progress.

Andersen's story is well known in many countries around the world. We owe him "The Princess with the Pea" (1835), "The Little Mermaid" (1835), "The Ugly Duckling" (1842), "Snow White" (1844), "The Little Match Girl" ( 1845), etc. Wait. In the works translated by Marc Auchet, we have rediscovered the wonderful nature of these stories, as well as more intimate stories. Under the veil of fiction, Andersen revealed his conception of existence and developed his reflection or expression on questions of society. His admiration for progress.

The only passion natural to man is love of oneself.

threatened or flattered less often, they will be less fearful or less obstinate, and will remain better in their natural state.