by Jacques Attali · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782213654300
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«Phares. 24 destins» is Jacques Attali's biographical essay, published by Fayard in paperback and in French.
Jacques Attali brings together twenty-four micro-biographies of thinkers, artists and rebels who shaped history, from Confucius to Amadou Hampâté Bâ. Among them are Aristotle, Hildegard of Bingen, Ibn Rushd, Maimonides, Bolívar, Darwin, Walt Whitman, Edison and Hô Chi Minh. Each account shows how they faced their era and what legacy they left.
The work, in French, was published in 2010 and includes bibliographic references and an index.
For those seeking brief portraits of great figures and an approach to the history of ideas.
Jacques José Mardoché Attali is a French economic and social theorist, writer, political adviser and senior civil servant.
