Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Rousseau's sweeping account of humanity's social and political development epitomizes the innovative boldness of the Enlightenment, and it is one of the most provocative and influential works of the eighteenth century. This new translation includes all Rousseau's own notes, and Patrick Coleman's introduction builds on recent key scholarship, considering particularly the relationship between political and aesthetic thought.
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Rousseau's sweeping account of humanity's social and political development epitomizes the innovative boldness of the Enlightenment, and it is one of the most provocative and influential works of the eighteenth century. This new translation includes all Rousseau's own notes, and Patrick Coleman's introduction builds on recent key scholarship, considering particularly the relationship between political and aesthetic thought.
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Rousseau's sweeping account of humanity's social and political development epitomizes the innovative boldness of the Enlightenment, and it is one of the most provocative and influential works of the eighteenth century. This new translation includes all Rousseau's own notes, and Patrick Coleman's introduction builds on recent key scholarship, considering particularly the relationship between political and aesthetic thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781720565062
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 05/31/2018
Pages: 42
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.09(d)

About the Author

Donald A. Cress is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Parkside. His translations of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy and Discourse on Method are also published by Hackett.
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