Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre

by Jean-jacques Rousseau

2020-12-29 20:15:18

This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth century: the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever... Read more

This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth century: the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever written (especially of Molière), the book is an excellent introduction to the principles of classical political thought. It demonstrates the paradoxes of Rousseau''s thought and clearly displays the temperament that led him to repudiate the hopes of the Enlightenment.

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File size7.35 X 5.06 X 0.47 in
Print pages196
PublisherCornell University Press
Publication date October 31, 1968
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9780801490712
Jean-Jacques Rousseau remains an important figure in the history of philosophy, both because of his contributions to political philosophy and moral psychology and because of his influence on later thi...

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