num_pages: 196
description: This excellent translation makes available a classic work central to one of the most interesting controversies of the eighteenth the quarrel between Rousseau and Voltaire. Besides containing some of the most sensitive literary criticism ever written (especially of Molière), the book is an excellent introduction to the principles of classical political thought. It demonstrates the paradoxes of Rousseau's thought and clearly displays the temperament that led him to repudiate the hopes of the Enlightenment.
language: English
title: Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre
titlecomplete: Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. D'Alembert on the Theatre (Agora Editions)
genres: Politics, Philosophy, Economics, Classics, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 139
publisher: Cornell University Press