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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Cosimo Inc
Publication date December 31, 2008
Pages 137
Binding Hardcover
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781605203980
ISBN-10 160520398X
Dimensions 0.75 by 6.25 by 9.50 in.
Weight 0.75 lbs.
Original list price $27.99
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Wise men, if they try to speak their language to the common herd instead of its own, cannot possibly make themselves understood. There are a thousand kinds of ideas which it is impossible to translate into popular language. Conceptions that are too general and objects that are too remote are equally out of its range: each individual, having no taste for any other plan of government than that which suits his particular interest, finds it difficult to realize the advantages he might hope to draw from the continual privations good laws impose. -from VII: "The Legislator" How does human nature impact politics and government? What is the "social contract," and what are our obligations to it? Is the "general will" infallible? What are the limits of sovereign power? What are the marks of "good government"? What constitutes the death of the body politic? How can we check the usurpations of government? Swiss philosopher JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712-1778) was a dramatic influence on the French revolution, 19th-century communism, the American Founding Fathers, and much modern political thought, primarily through this 1762 work, his most influential. Here, he explores concepts of civil society, human sovereignty, and effective government that continue to be debated-and not yet settled-in the 21st century. A classic of modern thought, this is required reading for anyone wishing to be considered well educated.

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With Jean-Jacques Rousseau | from Cosimo Inc (December 31, 2008)
9781605203980 | details & prices | 137 pages | 6.25 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $27.99
About: Wise men, if they try to speak their language to the common herd instead of its own, cannot possibly make themselves understood.
Paperback
Book cover for 9781409959809 Book cover for 9781519522146 Book cover for 9781605203973
 
With Jean-Jacques Rousseau | from Createspace Independent Pub (November 25, 2015)
9781519522146 | details & prices | 64 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.15 in. | List price $5.99
About: One of the towering figures of the Enlightenment was Jean Jacques Rousseau, whose works were essential to the ideological developments of the 18th century.
With Jean-Jacques Rousseau | from Dodo Pr (January 31, 2009)
9781409959809 | details & prices | 116 pages | List price $13.99
About: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a major Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the Enlightenment, whose political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of liberal, conservative, and socialist theory.
With Jean-Jacques Rousseau | from Cosimo Inc (December 31, 2008)
9781605203973 | details & prices | 144 pages | List price $9.99
About: Wise men, if they try to speak their language to the common herd instead of its own, cannot possibly make themselves understood.

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