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Rousseau & the Revolt Against Reason.(18th-century French political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau)
From: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and PublicLife
Date: 19991001
Author:Glendon, Mary Ann
The article discusses the life and political philosophy of the French 18th-century thinker, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Topics include his modest childhood, the Academy of Dijon prize he won to start his career, his differences with the philosophers of the Enlightenment, the contradictions between his life and philosophy, and his influence on other philosophers.
In 1749 the Academy of Dijon offered a prize for the best essay on the question, "Has the restoration of the sciences and the arts contributed to the improvement of mores?" Most of the contestants must have vied in counting the ways ...
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