Understanding Rousseau

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Why are men, who need each other so much, always in opposition? This introduction to Rousseau's thought, based on his four major works: Discours sur les sciences et les arts, Discours sur l'inégalité, Du Contrat social and l'Émile, helps us understand how this man who went against the grain of his time was a precursor. Rousseau was one of the few thinkers of his time to denounce the idea of progress as the source of human corruption. For him, it was a matter of rethinking and changing political society, with the aim of human emancipation from all powers.
Why are men, who need each other so much, always in opposition? This introduction to Rousseau's thought, based on his four major works: Discours sur les sciences et les arts, Discours sur l'inégalité, Du Contrat social and l'Émile, helps us understand how this man who went against the grain of hi...

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