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Rousseau’s theory of original sin
As we saw in a previous post (see here), three passages in Rousseau’s Second Discourse may have resonated with a young Adam Smith. Yesterday, we saw the first of these three fragments; today, we will take a closer look at … Continue reading
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Three passages in Rousseau’s Second Discourse that may have resonated with a young Adam Smith
I will begin my survey of Jean-Jacques Rousseau below the fold with three not-so-random fragments or extracts from his celebrated Second Discourse:
prior probability 