On the happiness of the philosophic life
Subtitle: reflections on Rousseau's Rêveries in two books
By: Heinrich Meier ; translated by Robert Berman
Contributors: Berman, Robert, translator
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780226074030; 9780226074177
Subjects: Philosophy in literature; Criticism and interpretation; Solitude in literature
Work titles: Über das Glück des philosophischen Lebens
Description: 'On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life' presents Heinrich Meier's confrontation with Rousseau's 'Reveries', the philosopher's most beautiful and daring work, as well as his last and least understood.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: First book. The philosopher among nonphilosophers ; Faith ; Nature ; Beisichselbstsein ; Politics ; Love ; Self-knowledge; title: Second book. Rousseau and the profession of faith of the Savoyard Vicar.