books by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
On the Social Contract (Dover Thrift Edtions)
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"
The Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
BN Publishing
, 2007
Social cohesiveness
From page 186: "It is impossible to live in peace with people one believes to be damned" From page 187: "But anyone who dares to say `outside the church there is no salvation should be expelled from the state unless the state is the church and the Prince the ...
Rousseau: 'The Discourses' and Other Early Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political ...
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 ...
Emile: Or, On Education
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 ...
Rousseau: 'The Social Contract' and Other Later Political Writings (Cambridge Texts in the History of ...
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 ...
The First and Second Discourses
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 ...
Rousseau's Political Writings: Discourse on Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy on Social Contract ...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau,
Julia Conaway Bondanella
W. W. Norton & Company
, 1987
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains
I read this book for a graduate class in Philosophy. 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 ...
A Discourse on Inequality (Penguin Classics)
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 ...
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Hackett Publishing Company
, 1992
A Perfect Example of the 18th Century Enlightenment.
This is a wonderful example of the 18th century enlightenment. In this work, Rousseau states that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process, something most of us have found to be very true if unfair. This new ...
Basic Political Writings
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. ...
Politics and the Arts: Letter to M.D. Alembert on the Theatre (Agora Paperback Editions)
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 ...
The Confessions and Correspondence, Including the Letters to Malesherbes (The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ...
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Dartmouth
, 1995
Great edition of this classic
What can one say about The Confessions? I would recommend this particular edition because of the inlusion of the letters to Malesherbes, which can shed some light on the process Rousseau's writing of The Confessions. We can also see where the text differs from what ...
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 ...
The Social Contract and The Discourses (Everyman's Library)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Everyman's Library
, 1993
Two works in one volume
Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
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 ...
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