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Rousseau: Philosophy in an Hour

By (author) Paul Strathern, Read by Jonathan Keeble

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Philosophy for busy people. Listen to this succinct account of the philosophy of Rousseau in just one hour. In Rousseau we encounter a walking ego, a naked sensibility â€“ his arguments are both deeply stirring and deeply inconsistent. Yet whilst his contemporaries Kant and Hume may have been superior academic philosophers, the sheer power of Rousseauâ€™s ideas was unequalled in his time. It was he who encouraged the introduction of both liberty and irrationality into the public domain, lamenting how â€˜man is born free but everywhere he is in chainsâ€™. This audiobook is an expert account of Rousseauâ€™s life and philosophical ideas â€“ entertainingly written and above all easy to listen to. Also included are selections from Rousseauâ€™s work, suggested further reading, and chronologies that place Rousseau in the context of the broader scheme of philosophy.