The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding - Couverture rigide

Zaretsky, Robert; Scott, John T.

 
9780300121933: The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding
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ISBN 10 : 0300121938 ISBN 13 : 9780300121933
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The rise and spectacular fall of the friendship between the two great philosophers of the eighteenth century, barely six months after they first met, reverberated on both sides of the Channel. As the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume unravelled, a volley of rancorous letters was fired off, then quickly published and devoured by aristocrats, intellectuals, and common readers, alike. Everyone took sides in this momentous dispute between the greatest of Enlightenment thinkers. In this lively and revealing book, Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott explore the unfolding rift between Rousseau and Hume. The authors are particularly fascinated by the connection between the thinkers' lives and thought, especially the way that their failure to understand one another (and themselves) illuminates the limits of human understanding. In addition, they situate the philosophers' quarrel in the social, political, and intellectual milieu that informed their actions, as well as the actions of the other participants in the dispute, such as James Boswell, Adam Smith, and Voltaire. By examining the conflict through the prism of each philosopher's contribution to Western thought, Zaretsky and Scott reveal the implications for the two men as individuals and philosophers as well as for the contemporary world, which remains deeply influenced by the Enlightenment.

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À propos de l'auteur

Robert Zaretsky is professor of French, Honors College, University of Houston. John T. Scott is professor of political science, University of California, Davis. Zaretsky and Scott are also coauthors of 'Frail Happiness: An Essay on Rousseau'.

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Éditeur
Yale University Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0300121938
ISBN 13 
9780300121933
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
272
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780300164282: The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding

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ISBN 10 :  0300164289 ISBN 13 :  9780300164282
Editeur : Yale University Press, 2010
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