A Discourse on Inequality - Softcover

Rousseau, Jean Jacques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1909735078 ISBN 13: 9781909735071

Publisher: Aziloth Books, 2013

Synopsis

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was the son of a Genevan watchmaker who became one of the foremost French writers and political theorists of the Enlightenment, penning such classics as 'The Social Contract' and 'Emile'. His 'Discourse on the Origin of Inequality' was written some eight years earlier, and takes as its theme the degradation of humanity through the corrupting influences of civilisation. Rousseau traces the origins of inequality and its increasing prominence over the historical period. His wide-ranging analysis covers a swathe of disparate topics, from compassion and sensitivity, through despotism and war, to private property, the origin of goodness and the perfectibility of humanity. The Discourse became hugely influential - it helped lay the philosophical foundations for the French Revolution, and inspired similar insurrections well into the nineteenth century.

About this title

About the Author:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) is the author of numerous political and philosophical texts as well as entries on music for Diderot's Encyclopédie and the novels La nouvelle Héloïse and Émile.

Language Notes:

Text: English, French (translation)

About this edition

• Publisher: Aziloth Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1909735078
• ISBN 13: 9781909735071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 114