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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Hackett Publishing Company, 1987

Rousseau Comments on Society and the General Will of Man
Jean-Jacques Rousseau's "The Basic Political Writings," have a two part effect. Rousseau uses the first portion of the book, the discourses on science and the arts, the origin of inequality, and political economy, to describe the basic policies of then modern society. Rousseau describes the creation of society as a threat against the laws of nature. Rousseau also explains that the origin of ...

On the Social Contract (Dover Thrift Edtions)

1 review
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Dover Publications, 2003

nice book
the book is political and morally correct, and its a classic! the same book that inspired our founding fathers to creat the "land of the free"

Reveries of the Solitary Walker (Penguin Classics)

9 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Penguin Classics, 1980

Philosophical Solitude
Aristotle said that, in order to lead a solitary life, one would have to be either an animal or a god. Nietzsche added a third alternative: one would have to be a philosopher. The "Reveries" is closely followed by the "Confessions" as my favourite of Rousseau's writings. In it, Rousseau gives reason to doubt that he himself has achieved real solitude in his life (and not just loneliness). It is ...

Rousseau: 'The Discourses' and Other Early Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political ...

1 review
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Cambridge University Press, 1997

Essay, The Chain of Free Will
B1 refers to the 'the Discourses', B2 refers to the "Social Contract" by Rousseau "Man are born free, but everywhere they are in chains." What a glorious line! Who would not want to shake off the chains and be free? The question is, what kinds of freedom is Rousseau talking about, and where is the source of the evil chain? Rousseau talks about two kinds of freedom, the freedom to act ...

Emile: Or, On Education

5 reviews
Jean-jacques Rousseau, Michael Wu, ...

Basic Books, 1979

The Unread Masterpiece
A natural education is one that "consists not in teaching the child many things, but never letting anything but accurate and clear ideas enter his brain." Rousseau, in his longing to return to the state of nature, ventures to raise a natural man. Emile (or On Education) is the Corner Stone to Rousseau's "Discourse on the Sciences and Arts" & "Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of ...

Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)

19 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Oxford University Press, USA, 2008

A classic autobiography
Prior to the appearance of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's 'Confessions,' there existed very few real autobiographies. The few that did exist were like St. Augustine's 'Confessions,' designed to impart a religious or moral lesson instead of to exhibit or try to justify one's life. By the time Rousseau came along, however, people had begun to see themselves as individuals, not members of a society ...

The Social Contract

26 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

BN Publishing, 2007

Still a Timely Study on Liberty
Immanuel Kant had one portrait hanging in his house in Konigsberg. The portrait was of Rousseau. What an honor, to be memorialized while alive by THE leading figure of the enlightenment! Rousseau never coined the term 'noble savage'. This is a popular misunderstanding and outright lie. He was himself though, a seeming savage. He carried on love affairs, abandonded children, spoke of ...

On the Origin of Language

1 review
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Johann Gottfried Herder

University Of Chicago Press, 1986

A Rousseaunian View of the Origin of Language
"On the Origin of Language" is a Romantic take on a most controversial subject. Rousseau's argument is that language did not originate as an evolutionary need to communicate thoughts for pragmatic social or economic purposes but for passionate reasons. Early man, in order to woo and conquest the female successfully, needed to develop a language adequate enough to persuade the female to ...

Rousseau: 'The Social Contract' and Other Later Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of ...

1 review
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Cambridge University Press, 1997

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains
Jean Jacques Rousseau born (1712-1778), in Geneva mother dies in childbirth, he was an engravers apprentice. Stayed out too late one night and locked out of the city, knew he would get in trouble for it so he takes off for France, and meets Madame De Warrens becomes his lover and she converts him to Roman Catholicism. He had a lifelong mistress had 5 kids which he left with an orphanage, which ...

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

5 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Hackett Publishing Company, 1992

Excellent
Excellent discourse. This book discusses some of the rudiments of the history of inequality and how its self supporting and ever existing in human nature. I recommend this book for those readers who either want to increase their knowledge on Jean-Jacques Rousseau or historical development of inequality (...)

A Discourse on Inequality (Penguin Classics)

4 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Penguin Classics, 1985

A historic and important document.
A historic document with still validity in our days, where many of the reasons appointed by Rousseau as the causes of the inequality between men, are deeply felt today in our societies. Sure, the limitations of the scientific knowledge at the time (1757), coupled with the intransigence of the Catholic dogmas in what regards some possible evolutionary view, restricts in great measure the range of ...

Rousseau on Philosophy, Morality, and Religion

1 review
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Dartmouth, 2007

An Excellent Selection
Christopher Kelly's selection fills a notable gap in the otherwise overwhelming industry of Rousseau translations. There are dozens of editions of Rousseau's major works, such as the Social Contract and Discourses. But there have been literally no affordable English editions available of some lesser-known but extremely important and engaging works, such as the Moral Letters, Fiction or ...

The Social Contract and The First and Second Discourses
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Yale University Press, 2002

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas about society, culture, and government are pivotal in the history of political thought. His works are as controversial as they are relevant today. This volume brings together three of Rousseau's most important political writings-The Social Contract and The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts) and The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)-and presents essays by major ...

Politics and the Arts: Letter to M.D. Alembert on the Theatre (Agora Paperback Editions)

2 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Cornell University Press, 1968

Rousseau's Blast Against Falstaff as King
In this work Rousseau took to task the French theater and, to a great extent, much of what passed for enlightened thinking about censorship and republican government. It is difficult for a modern reader to tolerate his arguments after they have largely been displaced by the concepts of our own Media age: the essential goodness of total freedom of the arts, uncensored publications, and all that ...

The First and Second Discourses

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Bedford/St. Martin's, 1969

Insight into the Enlightenment
"I conceive of two sorts of inequality in the human species: one, which I call natural or physical, because it is established by nature and consists in the difference of ages, health, bodily strengths, and qualities of mind or soul; the other which may be called moral or political inequality, because it depends upon a sort of convention and is established, or at least authorized, by consent of ...

A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality and A Discourse on Political Economy
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Neeland Media LLC, 2007

Contained within this volume are two discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In "A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality" Rousseau examines the causes of the inequalities that exist among men concluding that it is the natural result of the formation of any civilization. In "A Discourse on Political Economy" Rousseau examines the nature of politics and their effect on people. These two works lay a solid foundation for the political philosophy of ...

Emile: Or Treatise on Education (Great Books in Philosophy)

1 review
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Prometheus Books, 2003

TERRIBLE Edition
While the translation is readable, this book is missing sizable chunks of the original text, which is entirely unforgivable. The entire discourse on private property through beans is missing, as well as a discussion on the Savoyard Vicar. This is hardly suitable for either a general reading or deep study, I suggest the Bloom translation instead.

Du contrat social, ou principes du droit politique
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

BookSurge Publishing, 2001

This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1791 edition published in Strasbourg.

Julie, or the New Heloise: Letters of Two Lovers Who Live in a Small Town at the Foot of the Alps (Rousseau, ...

1 review
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Dartmouth, 1997

A Superb Story
It is a pity that Julie, or the New Heloise is neither better known nor more widely read. It is one of the great novels. Rousseau may be most famous as a philosopher and Julie includes many philosophical passages, discussing issues such as education, virtue and religion, but he shows in this novel that he was both a fine writer and an able storyteller. The ideas he puts into the mouths of his ...

Rousseau's Political Writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy on Social Contract ...

2 reviews
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Julia Conaway Bondanella

W. W. Norton & Company, 1987

good background materials, but shoddy translation
Although this edition contains some excellent background materials, the translation is less than professional and sins by omission. Some important parts of the texts are inexplicably left out, such as Rousseau's dedication of the "Discourse on the Origin of Inequality" to Geneva, in which he clearly and passionately explains some of his basic theories of government, through a utopian fantasy ...

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