Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment write by David Lay Williams. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "In this sterling, deeply researched study, Williams explores how thinkers ranging from Hobbes to d'Holbach highlight various sets of ideas that Rousseau combated in developing his philosophical teaching. The account of Rousseau's predecessors who might be called Platonists is especially interesting, as is the account of those who qualify as materialists. Moreover, Williams provides a good overview of Rousseau's teaching, demonstrates a commendable grasp of the relevant secondary literature, and argues ably for the superiority of his own interpretations ... Clearly written and superbly organized, this book contributes much to Rousseau studies. An indispensable book for Rousseau scholars, this volume also will appeal to general readers and students at all levels."--C.E. Butterworth, CHOICE.
The General Will
The General Will - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The General Will write by James Farr. This book was released on 2015-02-16. The General Will available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Includes essays by prominent political theorists and philosophers that trace the evolution of the general will from the seventeenth to the twentieth century.
Rousseau's Social Contract
Rousseau's Social Contract - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Rousseau's Social Contract write by David Lay Williams. This book was released on 2014-01-13. Rousseau's Social Contract available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Rousseau's Social Contract: An Introduction offers a thorough and systematic tour of this notoriously paradoxical and challenging text.
Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell
Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell write by Jane O'Grady. This book was released on 2018. Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "...there is nothing elementary about O'Grady's primer. She pulls off the feat of writing a reliable and accessible introduction to modern philosophy that is also a meaningful contribution to the subject." - London Times Literary Supplement From Descartes' famous line 'I think therefore I am' to Kant's fascinating discussions of morality, the thinkers of the Enlightenment have helped to shape the modern world. Addressing such important subjects as the foundations of knowledge and the role of ethics, the theories of these philosophers continue to have great relevance to our lives. Ranging across Enlightenment thinking from Berkeley to Rousseau, Enlightenment Philosophy in a Nutshell explains important ideas such as Locke's ideas of primary and secondary qualities, Kant's moral rationalism, and Hume's inductive reasoning. Filled with helpful diagrams and simple summaries of complex theories, this essential introduction brings the great ideas of the past to everyone.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith write by Charles L Griswold. This book was released on 2017-10-02. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith are giants of eighteenth century thought. The heated controversy provoked by their competing visions of human nature and society still resonates today. Smith himself reviewed Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality, and his perceptive remarks raise an intriguing question: what would a conversation between these two great thinkers look like? In this outstanding book Charles Griswold analyzes, compares and evaluates some of the key ways in which Rousseau and Smith address what could be termed "the question of the self". Both thinkers discuss what we are by nature (in particular, whether we are sociable or not), who we have become, whether we can know ourselves or each other, how best to articulate the human condition, what it would mean to be free, and whether there is anything that can be done to remedy our deeply imperfect condition. In the course of examining their rich and contrasting views, Griswold puts Rousseau and Smith in dialogue by imagining what they might say in reply to one another. Griswold’s wide-ranging exploration includes discussion of issues such as narcissism, self-falsification, sympathy, the scope of philosophy, and the relation between liberty, religion and civic order. A superb exploration of two major philosophers, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith: A Philosophical Encounter is essential reading for students and scholars of these two figures, eighteenth century philosophy, the Enlightenment, moral philosophy, and the history of ideas. It will also be of interest to those in related disciplines such as political theory, economics, and religion.
