Rousseau's Theodicy of Self-Love: Evil, Rationality, and the Drive for Recognition by Frederick Neuhouser

Rousseau's Theodicy of Self-Love: Evil, Rationality, and the Drive for Recognition

Frederick Neuhouser

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This book is the first comprehensive study of Rousseau's rich and complex theory of the type of self-love (amour propre ) that, for him, marks the central difference between humans and the beasts. Amour propre is the passion that drives human indi...

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