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overidentification with Jean
my reading of Rousseau has been subject to tremendous variation. the original criticism and, quite honestly, my unabashed derision that I felt for him has faded into near reverence. to be clear there are a number of things that I take … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: A commentary still relevant today?
Firstly, to all my avid readers, let me apologize for my brief delay in posting this week’s upload. My cousin was over yesterday; she is moving indefinitely to Nicaragua (I am so jealous) and therefore some farewell celebrations were in … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Oh is it Tuesday already?
Rousseau is a fantastic writer and I am super happy that after weeks of looking at Leviathan…and to be honest, not even reading more than 10 pages of it, that we got to read this book. Rousseau is such a smooth writer and before the lecture, I agreed with everything he was saying and admired […] Continue reading →
A Note on Two Texts: Leviathan and Discourse on Inequality
I still want to talk about Leviathan a little bit because from my last blog post, I think I missed the mark on Hobbes! I still don’t understand him but I’m still trying. So from what I heard, last seminar (the one that I missed), the group talked about … 1) Why Hobbes thought monarchy […] Continue reading →
= or ≠ — Discourse of Inequality by Rousseau
Power + Prejudice + Discrimination = Oppression (what I learnt in Sociology class). For the most part, I understand what Rousseau is talking about (I think…). Inequality is generated by society in that it brought people together and therefore created … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Rousseau
First off, I would like to say that I actually really enjoyed this weeks reading. It was far more interesting than Hobbes, but I will respect both of them equally. There was one thing tho that really confused me: … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Lao-sseau?
In A Discourse on Inequality, Rousseau seems to be arguing that which is a double-edged sword: humanity’s limitless capacity to understand and reason allows us to think all of these wonderful “thoughts”–but on the other hand, it allows us to manufacture desires that we are incapable of fully quenching, and which therefore is the cause […] Continue reading →
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
that is how I felt when I read the topics for these essays.
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Rousseau
Let me begin with saying Rousseau could probably persuade me to believe just about anything. His style of writing is musical, and almost casts a spell on one’s own thoughts and ideas, somehow they become one. I really really really … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Le Rouse.
A reading of inequality left me feeling the same way that I did after a reading of Ayn Rand’s work after fully understanding her philosophy. What I mean by that is that the writing appeals to one’s emotion, but upon … Continue reading → Continue reading →
