Fragments de Philosophie: There is philosophy and there is philosophy

This work carries, in their quintessence, the ideas, thoughts and words of a philosophical nature that the author has ever expressed in verbal or written form from his young age to these days of old age which he slowly passes away. . It is intended to be a summary of all the philosophical activities that the author was able to undertake during his life. At the Institute of Philosophy of the University of Lille in France where the author of this work found himself, he received something of a shock when he heard one of his new philosophy professors ask another professor what that an African had come to France to find in an institute of Western philosophy. The professor interviewed responded laconically by referring his colleague to the phenomenon of colonization by virtue of which France imposed its language and its teaching programs on its West African colonies of which the author is a national. For the latter, the exchange between the two professors immediately put philosophy into perspective as a teaching discipline. Now the author doubts that Western philosophy is universal.

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André Pierre Claver OKOUDJOU is a former professor of Philosophy whose career began after a Master's degree obtained in Lille (France) in 1970. From 1973 to 1989 he held senior responsibilities in the National Education Sector. Although retired in 2000, he was appointed Secretary General of the National Education Council.