by Axel Kahn · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782841113422
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«L'homme, ce roseau pensant...» is the philosophical essay by Axel Kahn, published by Nil Éditions in 2007, in paperback (333 pages, in French).
Starting from the Pascalian image of the "thinking reed", Axel Kahn reflects on the fragility and greatness of the human being from biology, genetics and cognitive sciences. Faced with our genetic closeness to other animals, he highlights our capacity to question ourselves about truth, freedom, happiness and death.
«L'homme, ce roseau pensant...» closes Axel Kahn's essay trilogy together with «Et l'homme dans tout ça ?» and «Raisonnable et humain ?».
The work is a multidisciplinary popularization for readers interested in philosophy and science, with a didactic and accessible approach.
Axel Kahn was a French geneticist. He was the brother of the journalist Jean-François Kahn and the chemist Olivier Kahn. He was a member of the French National Consultative Ethics Committee from 1992 to 2004 and worked in gene therapy. He first entered the INSERM with a specialization in biochemistry. He was named in 2002 as a counsellor for biosciences and biotechnologies matters by the European Commission. Head of French laboratories specialized in biomedical sciences between years 1984 and 2007, he was elected President of the Paris Descartes University in December 2007, as the sole candidate.
