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The banality of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Posted on January 24, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is the last part (part 7, if you are keeping count!) of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau concludes his Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (a/k/a “The Second Discourse”) with an appendix … Continue reading →

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Rousseau through the eyes of Adam Smith redux

Posted on January 23, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is part 6 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) In my previous post (“Rousseau through the eyes of Adam Smith“), I mentioned how Adam Smith’s 1756 Letter-Essay to the Edinburgh Review singles … Continue reading →

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Three questions for Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Posted on January 18, 2024 by F. E. Guerra-Pujol

Note: this is part 1 of my review of Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (1754) Rousseau’s Discourse begins with a “Dedication to the Republic of Geneva” signed by none other than “J. J. Rousseau” himself and dated 12 … Continue reading →

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