Rousseau's Dog Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment

Name: Rousseau's Dog Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment
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ISBN: 9780060744915

ISBN-10: 006074491X

ISBN-13: 9780060744915

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Authors: David Edmonds, John Eidinow

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In 1766 philosopher, novelist, composer, and political provocateur Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a fugitive, decried by his enemies as a dangerous madman. Meanwhile David Hume-now recognized as the foremost philosopher in the English language-was being universally lauded as a paragon of decency. And so Rousseau came to England with his beloved dog, Sultan, and willingly took refuge with his more respected counterpart. But within months, the exile was loudly accusing his benefactor of plotting to dishonor him-which prompted a most uncharacteristically violent response from Hume. And so began a remarkable war of words and actions that ensnared many of the leading figures in British and French…

Book details

List price: $17.00
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/10/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.84" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English