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Prayer in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
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Date: 20080501
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9781433101380
Prayer in the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Spirn, Charles A.
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
2008
161 pages
$64.95
Hardcover
B2138
Revising his dissertation for a Ph.D. in 18th-century French literature at Columbia University at an undisclosed date, Spirn demonstrates how deistic prayer played a significant role during a period generally thought to epitomize anti-religious rationalism. His case study is Rousseau (1712-78), the philosopher and religionist who was to become the great advocate of the individual conscience, stern ...
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