Binding: Paperback
Description: A surprising look at how Rousseau defended the philosophic life as the most natural and best of lives. Dreaming of Justice Waking to Wisdom reveals what could be thought of as the capstone of Rousseau's thought even if that capstone has been nearly invisible to readers. Despite criticizing philosophy for its corrosive effects on both natural goodness and civic virtue Rousseau argues Laurence D. Cooper held the philosophic life as an ideal. Cooper expertly unpacks Rousseau's vivid depiction of the philosophic life and the case for that life as the most natural the freest or in short the best or most choice - worthy of lives. Cooper focuses especially on a single feature arguably the defining feature of the philosophic life: the overcoming of the ordinary moral consciousness in favor of the cognitivist view of morality. Cooper shows that Rousseau with his particular understanding and embrace of the philosophic life proves to be a kind of latter - day Socratic. Thorough and thought - provoking Dreaming of Justice Waking to Wisdom provides vital insight into Rousseau.
Title: Dreaming Of Justice Waking To Wisdom Rousseau's Philosophic Life
Author(s): Cooper Laurence D.
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226825014
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 3/14/2023
Category: Social & Political Philosophy