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TWO REMARKABLE MINDS, AND A FRIENDSHIP THAT BECAME A FEUD

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20060302
Author:Rich Barlow, Globe Correspondent

Lucky for Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume that they're dead. Otherwise, these pivotal philosophers would have everyone from the National Enquirer to "Entertainment Tonight" camped on their doorsteps to record their snarling catfight.

They lived in the 18th century, when men of letters were celebrities and a nasty feud between them generated quill-penned letters to the editor rather than fawning interviews from TV sycophants. Rousseau's "On the Social Contract" became gospel to political revolutionaries across time. (He also helped inspire "Frankenstein," his belief in the spirituality of ...

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