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A unified reading of this classic but enigmatic thinker,
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This review is from: Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment (Hardcover)
Integrating the whole of Rousseau's oeuvre and laying bare the philosopher of paradox's intricacies, David Williams successfully proffers a unified reading of this classic but enigmatic thinker across his entire career. A self proclaimed despiser of metaphysical argumentation, Williams finds Rousseau, despite such claims, to be deeply profound in his (platonic) metaphysics--thus giving a solid foundation for his often misunderstood but crucial concept of justice. Furthermore, by placing Rousseau in dialogue with Hobbesian and Lockean liberalism, as well as with Diderot and the materialist encyclopaedists, we see a poignantly critical philosopher--but Williams' success, really, is to see how such criticisms lead to Rousseau's positive prescriptions. This new study reveals, perhaps, the real Rousseau that has remained hidden in scholarship despite three autobiographies. This book will prove to be essential reading for anyone grappling with the achievements of the great Jean-Jacques.
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Rousseau's Platonic Enlightenment by David Lay Williams (Hardcover - October 1, 2007)
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