The philosophers' quarrel : Rousseau, Hume, and the limits of human understanding / Robert Zaretsky,...
The philosophers' quarrel : Rousseau, Hume, and the limits of human understanding / Robert Zaretsky,...
The philosophers' quarrel : Rousseau, Hume, and the limits of human understanding / Robert Zaretsky, John T. Scott.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009.
Date
2009.
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N192/202
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English
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247 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. An Enlightenment Quarrel -- 2. The Wild Philosopher -- 3. The Great Scot -- 4. The Lord of Ferney -- 5. Le Bon David -- 6. A Stone's Throw from Paris -- 7. First Impressions -- 8. A Public Spectacle -- 9. Poses and Impostures -- 10. Hume, Judge of le Bon David -- 11. An Enlightenment Tragedy -- 1...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, 2009.
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Connecticut
Date Published
2009.
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"In this lively and revealing book, Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott explore the unfolding rift between Rousseau and Hume. The authors are particularly fascinated by the connection between the thinkers' lives and thought, especially the way that the failure of each to understand the other - and himself - illuminates the limits of human understandi...
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The philosophers' quarrel : Rousseau, Hume, and the limits of human understanding / Robert Zaretsky, John T. Scott.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N192/202
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9780300121933 (cloth : alk. paper)
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192
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991006523149702626
