Luc Ferry

<p>Luc Ferry is a philosopher and the author of the national bestseller <em>A Brief History of Thought</em>. From 2002 to 2004 he served as France's minister of national education. He has been awarded the Prix Médicis, Prix Jean-Jacques-Rousseau, and Prix Aujourd'hui, in addition to being an officer of the French Legion of Honor and a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters. He lives in Paris.</p>