Jacques Rousseau: 283 books

The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already...

Este livro influenciou diretamente a Revolução Francesa e os rumos da história. Impactante ensaio, O contrato social ou Princípios de Direito político causou furor desde sua publicação, em 1762, e eternizou-se como um dos principais textos fundadores do Estado moderno. Nele, o filósofo iluminista,...

The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights, is a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on...

Das Buch ist das politisch-theoretische Hauptwerk des Genfer Philosophen Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Es erschien erstmals 1762 in Amsterdam und wurde daraufhin in Frankreich, den Niederlanden, in Genf und Bern sofort verboten. Dieses Werk ist ein Schlüsselwerk der Aufklärungsphilosophie. Zusammen mit...

Published between 1762 and 1765, these writings are the last works Rousseau wrote for publication during his lifetime. Responding in each to the censorship and burning of Emile and Social Contract, Rousseau airs his views on censorship, religion, and the relation between theory and practice in politics....

After a period of forced exile and solitary wandering brought about by his radical views on religion and politics, Jean-Jacques Rousseau returned to Paris in 1770. Here, in the last two years of his life, he wrote his final work, the Reveries. In this eloquent masterpiece the great political thinker...

Diese Ausgabe von "Die Bekenntnisse" wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) war ein französischsprachiger Schriftsteller, Philosoph, Pädagoge, Naturforscher und Komponist der Aufklärung. Rousseau hatte großen Einfluss...

Le Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes est un essai du philosophe genevois Jean-Jacques Rousseau publié en 1755. Avec le Contrat Social, il s'agit d'un des ouvrages centraux de la pensée politique de l'auteur. Rousseau y expose...

The landmark political treatise that refuted the so-called divine right of kings and established the principles of representative government   “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”   With these stirring words, Jean-Jacques Rousseau begins The Social Contract—the first shot in...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions is the first modern autobiography, and arguably the most influential autobiography ever written. What we think of as the "self," our self-sufficient identity, finds its roots in the Confessions. Rousseau's great autobiography speaks to us with a voice that is as relevant today as it was revolutionary and unsettling in the eighteenth century.

When Rousseau first read his Confessions to a 1770 gathering in Paris, reactions varied from admiration of his candor to doubts about his sanity to outrage. Indeed, Rousseau's intent and approach were revolutionary. As one of the first attempts at autobiography, the Confessions' novelty lay not in...

Contents: 1. Discourse on Method, by René Descartes 2. Letters on the English, by Voltaire 3. On the Inequality among Mankind and Profession of Faith of a Savoyard Vicar, by Jean Jacques Rousseau 4. Of Man, Being the First Part of Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes

Jean-Jacques Rousseau rédige ces Lettres morales, entre novembre 1757 et probablement février 1758. À cette époque, il éprouve une vive passion pour la comtesse Sophie d'Houdetot, femme mariée de vingt-sept ans. Contraint à un amour platonique, et à la correspondance, Rousseau sublime sa frustration...

Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire est une publication posthume de l’écrivain et philosophe Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Il constitue le dernier de ses écrits, la partie finale ayant vraisemblablement été conçue quelques semaines avant sa mort, et l’œuvre étant inachevée. Sa rédaction...