Rousseau's critique of science
Subtitle: a commentary on the Discourse on the sciences and the arts
By: Jeff J.S. Black.
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9780739125175; 9780739132548
Subjects: Rousseau, Jean Jacques, -- 1712-1778
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Why read the first discourse; title: Main claims of the book; title: Plan of the book; title: Rhetoric; title: The first epigraph; title: The second epigraph; title: The preface; title: The introduction; title: Corruption; title: Rousseau's questions; title: Enlightenment; title: Political science; title: Moral corruption; title: Happiness; title: History; title: Newton; title: Conquest; title: History; title: Method; title: Ignorance; title: Socrates; title: Cato the elder; title: Fabricius; title: Providence; title: Ignorance; title: Science; title: Prometheus; title: Origin; title: Objects; title: Science; title: The criterium; title: Newton revisited; title: Vanity; title: Idleness; title: Luxury; title: Taste; title: Courage; title: Moral qualities; title: Inequality; title: Cause and effect; title: Vanity; title: Conscience; title: Academies; title: Philosophy; title: Printing; title: Philosophers; title: Common men; title: Conscience; title: Conclusion.