Rousseau: &lt;I&gt;The Discourses&lt;/I&gt; and Other Early Political Writings

Rousseau, Jean‐Jacques

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“…Die Anlagenfür die MENSCHHEIT können aufden allgemeinen Titel der zwar physischen, aber doch vergleichenden Selbstliebe(wozu Vernunft erfordert wird) gebracht werden: sich nämlich nur in Vergleichung mit andern als glücklich oder unglücklich zu beurtheilen.Von ihr rührt die Neigung her, sich in der Meinung Anderer einen Werth zu verschaffen;und zwar ursprünglich bloß den der Gleichheit: keinem über sich Überlegenheit zu verstatten, mit einer beständigenBesorgniß verbunden, daß andered arnach streben möchten; woraus nachgerade eine ungerechte Begierde entspringt,s ie sich über Anderez ue rwerben.'  The keytexthere is 'Idea for aUniversal History with aCosmopolitan Aim'.Kant'sbasic idea of unsocials ociability is not his own invention, and similar notions had been previouslye xpressed by various authors.A sn oteda bove, Rousseau called the self-lover elated to social antagonism amour propre (see Rousseau 1997Rousseau [1755see also 1974[1762,pp. 173 -5(begin-unsociable sociability,self-lovedraws us togethertoform communities,and the same self-lovealso threatens to destroy them (see8:20.30 -33).…”

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Kant on Love

Rinne

2018

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This book is basedonthe PhDthesis Iwroteatthe University of St Andrews between 2013 and 2016.These years werea mong the best of my life, and not only because of my research topic. Never before had Ie xperienceds uch as ense of community and intellectual belongingasIdid at the St Andrews Philosophy Department. Ia mg rateful to my supervisor,P rofessor Jens Timmermann, for all his advice. He provided me with the torch Ih eld onto in seeking my wayt hrough the beautiful labyrinth of lovei nK ant.B ecause of Professor Timmermann, I was never completelyinthe dark. Iamthankful for our discussions, for his careful criticism, and for his kindness and benevolence. Ialso wish to thankm ysecond supervisors, Professors Marcia Baron and Sarah Broadie. Professor Baron's earlyf eedback significantlyi mproved my writing,a nd it makes me happy to think of all I've learned from Professor Broadie about loveinancient philosophy, and tacitlya bout wisdom in general. Iwant to thankm yK antian peers in St Andrews for all their practical help, and for our endless informal exchanges, which are so important when one is formulating and trying out one'sideas: Stefano Lo Re, LeonardRandall, and Martin Sticker.Icherish our friendships. Ia lso thank all my other fellow graduates tudents, as well as St Andrews Philosophys taff, for together creatingasmall, vibrant havenw ith au niquea tmosphere so conducive to profound thought. I will not be wistful, but Iw ill always carry St Andrews Philosophyi nm yh eart. Ispent the spring of 2016 at the Humboldt University of Berlin, finalising my thesis, and Iamgrateful to my host,Professor Thomas Schmidt,for his hospitality and helpful comments on my research. Ihavealsohad the opportunity to discuss topics related to my work at various seminars, workshops and international conferences,and at the annual review sessions and the final oral examination at St Andrews.Ithank the following people, who have clearly had an influenceon this study:M artin Brecher,Alix Cohen, Rowan Cruft,L iF an, John Haldane, Rae Langton (external examiner), Kate Moran, BarbaraS attler (internal examiner), Dieter Schönecker, Leslie Stevenson, Michael Walschots, and Günter Zöller. Ia mg rateful to the St Andrews &S tirlingG raduateP rogramme in Philosophyfor its financial support.Ialsowish to thank Johanna Wange, Project Editor at De Gruyter,C arolyn Benson (languagep olishing), and Florian Ruppenstein (Production Editor)for kindlyhelping to preparethe manuscript for publication. Finally, It hank my family: my lovelyw ife Noraa nd our amazing twin sons Aarni and Aale. It is difficult for me to enumerate my gratitude to Nora. She is the spring of most of what is good in my life. Iamgrateful for her tirelesssupport

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Kant on Love

Rinne

2018

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“…Rousseau, who lived in the same time, claimed that the damages would had been smaller if people were more scattered with less property. He emphasized the man-made disaster aspect of earthquake damages pointing to the large condensed population and people, to protect their properties, not fleeing (Rousseau 1756). There are plenty of other cases of natural disaster attacks on cities, and every time, people suffered great damages.…”

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Advancement in Science and Technology and Human Societies

Nishimura

Kanoshima

Kono

2018

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“…Although Rousseau had not travelled to meet the ‘primitive’ people he assumed to be savages, he was well-read in travel literature—and indeed discusses it in note 10 of the Second Discourse (1997a: 204–11)—and arguably, even when more became known about people who lived differently, this did not give European writers much more objectivity. More was known about the peoples of the world by the time Gouges wrote Le Bonheur Primitif than when Rousseau wrote his Second Discourse .…”

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Olympe de Gouges versus Rousseau: Happiness, Primitive Societies, and the Theater

Bergès¹

2018

J. of the Am. Philos. Assoc.

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In Le Bonheur Primitif (1789), Olympe de Gouges takes on Rousseau's account of the evolution of human society in his first two Discourses, and she argues that primitive human beings were not only happy, but also capable of virtue. I argue that in that text, Gouges offers a contribution to the eighteenth-century debate on human progress that is distinct from Rousseau's in that it takes seriously the contribution of women and families to human happiness and progress. I show how the concept of emulation plays an important role in Gouges's analysis, both in her account of primitive societies and of the theater, and argue that she uses it to bridge the gap between primitive happiness and future progress.

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Rousseau: <I>The Discourses</I> and Other Early Political Writings

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