A Few Notes on Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality
I’ve been so behind on my blog posts, it’s terrible! This is a draft I had from last week but I never got around to publishing it. Terrible, I know! Thinking back on Friday’s seminar there was a question that I found interesting and I’m still thinking about it here and there. The question was, […] Continue reading →
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on Inequality
Video of lecture by Brandon Konoval for the “Explorations and Encounters” theme
Being a hermit?
Oh Rousseau, so poetic but almost to a fault. Throughout reading his discourse my opinion on his ideas changed between agreement and confusion at his claims. His statements on evolution morph between questions to statements that are incredulous to me. … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Rousseau in a Teepee
As with most things, I am of multiple mindsets when it comes to Rousseau. Firstly, there is a simplicity to his argument that is pretty appealing, and a number of his one liners about society are the type of things … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Rousseau and the Discourse of Inequality
The first notable aspect I found about Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality is that it essentially conceptually counters Hobbes’ ideas about the power of society. In Leviathan, Hobbes’ concepts of natural right, states of nature in which life is nasty, brutal and short, and that the strong have complete power over the weak but that […]
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Rousseau
After reading Rousseau’s “A Discourse on Inequality”, I had a lot going through my head. First of all, I was astounded by the detail and incredible insight Rousseau showed in his work when describing mankind in the state of nature, … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Discourse on Inequality
Although I found Rousseau to be a bit confusing and not entirely a clear read (since I did have to re-read some lines more than once), it was a good read. However, I’m not going to say that I fully … Continue reading → Continue reading →
A Discourse on Inequality
While I do not like reading political and philosophical books Rousseau’s A Discourse on Inequality was strangely enough an interesting read. Rousseau’s book is an easier read than many of the other books related to politics and philosophy which we … Continue reading →
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Arts One Monster in The Mirror- Deji Oluwadairo 2013-01-07 21:09:09
A Discourse on Inequality was difficult to grasp given the longwinded and slightly confusing writing style of Rousseau. However, the book itself raises thought provoking questions and really makes the reader think about society in its present state and the … Continue reading → Continue reading →
A Discourse On Inequality
Rousseau sets out on a task to explain the most fundamental questions we ask ourselves. That oh so familiar phrase, “why do bad things happen to good people?” this questioning of fairness and equality is tackled philosophically by Rousseau. While I do think that the ideas he conveys are very original and intriguing I cannot say that I am […]
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