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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

 
9781774761625: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Royal Collector’s Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
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ISBN 10: 1774761629 ISBN 13: 9781774761625
Editorial: Royal Classics, 2021

Sinopsis

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality is a philosophical work first published in 1755. In his Discourse, Rousseau exposes his conception of a human state of nature, broadly believed to be a hypothetical thought exercise, and of human perfectibility, an early idea of progress. He explains the way in which, in his view, people may have established civil society, which leads him to conclude that private property is the original source and basis of all inequality.

The text was written in 1754 in response to a prize competition of the Academy of Dijon answering the prompt "What is the origin of inequality among people, and is it authorized by natural law?" Rousseau did not win with his treatise but published the work the following year. The work is dedicated to the state of Geneva, Rousseau’s birthplace, which he praises as a good, if not perfect, republic.

This case laminate collector’s edition includes a Victorian inspired dust-jacket. 

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 - 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic and educational thought. The perspective of many of today's environmentalists can be traced back to Rousseau. He believed that the more men deviated from the state of nature, the worse off they would be. Rousseau taught that men would be free, wise, and good in the state of nature and that instinct and emotion, when not distorted by the unnatural limitations of civilization, are nature's voices and instructions to the good life. His Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract are cornerstones in modern political and social thought. Rousseau's sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloise (1761) was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction. His Emile, or On Education (1762) is an educational treatise on the place of the individual in society. Rousseau's autobiographical writings exemplified the late-18th-century "Age of Sensibility," and featured an increased focus on subjectivity and introspection that later characterized modern writing. During the period of the French Revolution, Rousseau was the most popular of the philosophers among members of the Jacobin Club. He was interred as a national hero in the Panthéon in Paris, in 1794, 16 years after his death.

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Editorial
Royal Classics
Año de publicación
2021
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1774761629
ISBN 13 
9781774761625
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Número de páginas
68
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Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780486434148: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality: vi (Thrift Editions)

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ISBN 10:  0486434141 ISBN 13:  9780486434148
Editorial: Dover Publications Inc, 2004
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