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Rousseau In 60 Minutes
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Author : Walther Ziegler
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2016-07-08
Rousseau In 60 Minutes written by Walther Ziegler and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-08 with Philosophy categories.
Rousseau possessed a brilliant mind and one that questioned every accepted value and idea. Whatever most were “for”, Rousseau was always “against”! He was against monarchy, against the church, against the status quo, against inequality, against traditional education, against marriage, and (of course) against technical progress and the destruction of Nature. Today we might call Rousseau a “professional rabble-rouser”. His contrariness was his trademark. He spent most of his life as a quasi-vagrant or a refugee. Sometimes it was the church, other times the government of one country or another that he had to flee from. But all arrest warrants were in vain. Through books like The Social Contract his radical demand for democracy prepared the ground for the French Revolution, and his famous discourses on Man’s loss of contact with, and destruction of, Nature made him a pioneer also of ecological thought. He even founded a revolutionary new philosophy of education which we know today as the “anti-authoritarian” approach to child-rearing. The book Rousseau in 60 Minutes explains the thinker’s core ideas, exemplified by over 70 quotations from his works. The seed for these ideas was planted one day when he was on in his way to see his friend Diderot in prison, reading a copy of the newspaper Mercure de France as he went. It announced a competition for the best essay on whether scientific and artistic progress had made people morally better. All the competitors answered “yes”. Except Rousseau. His answer was that Man is naturally good and became wicked only through being “socialized” and “civilized”. This provocative thesis won him the prize and brought him Europe-wide fame. Because he had hereby become the first philosopher to recognize the key problem of the whole modern world. The “noble savage” ran free through the woods, but we pass our days in cramped offices and forfeit, each day, more of our instincts and our freedom. But above all, Rousseau pointed out, modern Man lives always “in and for the gaze of other people”. That is to say, we tend to dissolve more and more into the “mainstream”. Is Rousseau right here? Have we conformed too far? Have we forfeited our instincts? And above all: What can we do about it? The book forms part of the popular series Great Thinkers in 60 Minutes.
Great Thinkers In 60 Minutes Volume 1
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Author : Walther Ziegler
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2017-03-09
Great Thinkers In 60 Minutes Volume 1 written by Walther Ziegler and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-09 with Philosophy categories.
"Great Thinkers in 60 Minutes Volume 1" comprises the five books, already published as separate volumes, "Plato in 60 Minutes", "Rousseau in 60 Minutes", "Smith in 60 Minutes", "Kant in 60 Minutes", and "Hegel in 60 Minutes". Each short study sums up the key idea at the heart of each respective thinker and asks the question: "Of what use is this key idea to us today?" But above all the philosophers get to speak for themselves. Their most important statements are prominently presented, as direct quotations, in speech balloons with appropriate graphics, with exact indication of the source of each quote in the author's works. This light-hearted but nonetheless scholarly precise rendering of the ideas of each thinker makes it easy for the reader to acquaint him- or herself with the great questions of our lives. Because every philosopher who has achieved global fame has posed the "question of meaning": what is it that holds, at the most essential level, the world together? There have emerged here a range of very different answers. In Plato, for example, the "Idea of the Good" is that to which we need to open our souls; in Rousseau, it is rather only in our own original nature that we need to trust; in Adam Smith, it is in self-interest, which spurs on each individual and is finally transformed, by an "invisible hand", into the common good; in Kant it is the application of Reason which frees us and makes us capable of extraordinary moral actions; and in Hegel, finally, everything is held together by the dialectical self-development of the World-Spirit, which drives onward from epoch to epoch through the deeds of individuals and of nations until it has finally reached its great goal. In other words, the meaning of the world and thus of our own lives remains, among philosophers, a topic of great controversy. One thing, though, is sure: each of these five thinkers struck, from his own perspective, one brilliant spark out of that complex crystal that is the truth.
Rousseau En 60 Minutes
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Author : Walther Ziegler
language : fr
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2019-01-22
Rousseau En 60 Minutes written by Walther Ziegler and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-22 with Philosophy categories.
Rousseau remit en question toutes les valeurs traditionnelles. Sa vie durant, il défendit des positions à contre-courant de la pensée dominante. Il condamna la monarchie, l'Église, l'État en place, l'injustice, l'éducation traditionnelle, le mariage et le progrès technique. Rousseau a passé la majeure partie de sa vie en déplacement ou en fuite. Tantôt, il fut chassé par l'Église, tantôt par les gouvernements de nations différentes. Mais tous les mandats d'arrêt furent vains. Rousseau écrivit le livre « Du Contrat social », prépara le terrain de la Révolution française avec sa revendication de démocratie et devint un pionnier de la pensée écologique grâce à ces célèbres « Discours ». Mais ce n'est pas tout : il fonda aussi une nouvelle pédagogie, qui donna lieu à ce que nous qualifions aujourd'hui d'éducation antiautoritaire. Le livre « Rousseau en 60 minutes » explique les fondements de sa pensée en s'appuyant sur de nombreuses citations. Il a eu son inspiration décisive alors qu'il se rendait chez son ami Diderot alors en prison. En marchant, il lisait le journal « Le Mercure de France ». Un concours appelait les lecteurs à répondre à la question de savoir si le progrès a contribué à améliorer les moeurs des hommes. Tous répondirent par oui. Sauf Rousseau. L'Homme, écrit-il, est bon par nature, ce n'est que par la civilisation qu'il est devenu mauvais. Il gagna grâce à sa thèse provocante et devint célèbre dans toute l'Europe. En effet, il fut le premier philosophe à avoir reconnu le problème du monde moderne. Alors que le bon sauvage déambulait encore en toute liberté dans les bois, nous passons notre vie dans des bureaux étriqués où nous avons perdu nos instincts et notre liberté. Mais surtout, critiquait Rousseau, l'homme moderne se fond dans le courant dominant. A-t-il raison ? Sommes-nous trop conformistes ? Et surtout : que pouvons-nous faire ? Le livre est paru dans la populaire à succès « Grands penseurs en 60 minutes ».
Nietzsche In 60 Minutes
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Author : Walther Ziegler
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2018-06-21
Nietzsche In 60 Minutes written by Walther Ziegler and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-21 with Philosophy categories.
Nietzsche has the reputation of being the most provocative and controversial of all philosophers. What he demanded of humanity was something tremendous: that we should develop beyond ourselves and become "overmen". Formerly, we could draw a meaning for our lives from religion. But this is no longer possible because, as Nietzsche says: "God is dead!" This brief dictum has echoed around the world. Man, Nietzsche argues, has freed himself, with the rise of the natural sciences, from all belief in a "beyond" and now has, for the first time, the chance to take his existence into his own hands. Most human beings, however, prove unable to fill the gap in their lives that the "death of God" has left. They continue to seek salvation in such new gods, or idols, as nationalism, socialism, racism, or capitalism. But instead of slipping into the blind worship of these new gods, or "godlets", we need - so argues Nietzsche - rather to trust in our own selves, allow our own "will to power" to unfold, and become "overmen". Just as flowers stretch up toward the sun and animals seek constantly after nourishment, we human beings too must struggle every day to secure our lives and render them richer and more intense. In daily life, conducting this struggle must always mean, in part, conducting it at other people's expense: whoever, for example, applies for a job as a manager and gets it will necessarily cause bitter disappointment among those who applied and failed. "One furthers one's ego always at the expense of others", writes Nietzsche. But "will to power" finds a whole series of very different forms of expression. The artist, the father of a family, the politician, the businessman, the employee, indeed every one of us individually, must find his or her own highly personal and particular path to self-development. "Become who you are!" "Nietzsche in 60 Minutes" explains his exhilarating philosophy step by step making use of some 160 of the most important passages from his works.
Great Thinkers In 60 Minutes Volume 2
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Author : Walther Ziegler
language : en
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Release Date : 2016-08-04
Great Thinkers In 60 Minutes Volume 2 written by Walther Ziegler and has been published by BoD – Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-04 with Philosophy categories.
"Great Thinkers in 60 Minutes” is the second ‘omnibus’ volume drawn from the popular book-series of the same name. It comprises the five books, already published as separate volumes, "Marx in 60 Minutes", "Freud in 60 Minutes", "Sartre in 60 Minutes", "Camus in 60 Minutes", and "Heidegger in 60 Minutes". Each short study sums up the key idea at the heart of each respective thinker and asks the question: “Of what use is this key idea to us today?” But above all the philosophers get to speak for themselves. Their most important statements are prominently presented, as direct quotations, in speech balloons with appropriate graphics, with exact indication of the source of each quote in the author’s works. Between 40 and 80 representative passages are given from the work of each of the five philosophers. This light-hearted but nonetheless scholarly precise rendering of the ideas of each thinker makes it easy for the reader to acquaint him- or herself with the great questions of our lives. Because every philosopher who has achieved global fame has posed the “question of meaning”: what is it that holds, at the most essential level, the world together? There have emerged here a range of very different answers. In Marx, it is the relations of production – that is to say, the conditions under which we labour and produce the goods we need – which ultimately determine our sense of our lives, our thinking, and our whole culture. In Freud, it is the libido and thus the energy of our drives, which we can either live out, repress, or sublimate. In Sartre it is the absolutely free human will which compels Man to make himself what he is. In Heidegger, what absorbs us is the struggle for the authenticity of ‘Dasein’ and the ‘care’ for the Being of the world. Camus is the only philosopher in this series who gives no answer at all to the “question of meaning”. There is no “meaning”, says Camus; life is absurd and depends merely upon a sequence of random chance events. In other words, the meaning of the world and thus of our own lives remains, among philosophers, a topic of great controversy. One thing, though, is sure: each of these five thinkers struck, from his own perspective, one brilliant spark out of that complex crystal that is the truth.
The Living Thoughts Of Rousseau
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Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1946
The Living Thoughts Of Rousseau written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1946 with categories.
Rousseau S Dog
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Author : David Edmonds
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-08-21
Rousseau S Dog written by David Edmonds and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-21 with Philosophy categories.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - philosopher, novelist, composer, educationist, political provocateur - was on the run. He was fleeing intolerance, persecution, and enemies who proclaimed him a madman, dangerous to society. David Hume, the foremost philosopher in the English language, universally praised as a model of decency, came to his aid. He brought Rousseau and his beloved little dog Sultan to England. And then it all went horribly wrong. In Rousseau's Dog, David Edmonds and John Eidinow bring their narrative verve to the bitter quarrel that turned these two Enlightenment giants into mortal foes. And it is a very human story of compassion, treachery, anger and revenge.
The Confessions Of Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
language : en
Publisher: 右灰文化傳播有限公司可提供下載列印
Release Date : 2017-04-23
The Confessions Of Jean Jacques Rousseau written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and has been published by 右灰文化傳播有限公司可提供下載列印 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-23 with Authors, French categories.
I HAVE begun on a work which is without precedent, whose accomplishment will have no imitator. I propose to set before my fellow-mortals a man in all the truth of nature; and this man shall be myself. I have studied mankind and know my heart; I am not made like any one I have been acquainted with, perhaps like no one in existence; if not better, I at least claim originality, and whether Nature has acted rightly or wrongly in destroying the mold in which she cast me, can only be decided after I have been read.
The Confessions Of Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-12-06
The Confessions Of Jean Jacques Rousseau written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-12-06 with categories.
The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau - now for the first time completely translated into English without expurgation - Vol. 2 is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1896. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Grands Penseurs En 60 Minutes Tome 1
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Author : Walther Ziegler
language : fr
Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand
Release Date : 2019-03-04
Grands Penseurs En 60 Minutes Tome 1 written by Walther Ziegler and has been published by BoD - Books on Demand this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-04 with Philosophy categories.
« Grands penseurs en 60 minutes - Tome 1 » est le premier recueil de la collection à succès éponyme et regroupe les cinq publications suivantes : « Platon en 60 minutes », « Rousseau en 60 minutes », « Smith en 60 minutes », « Kant en 60 minutes » et « Hegel en 60 minutes ». La pensée de ces philosophes y est présentée de manière concise et soumise à la question suivante : « À quoi nous servent ces idées aujourd'hui ? ». Mais avant tout, la parole est donnée aux philosophes eux-mêmes. Ainsi, les thèses principales de chaque penseur sont étayées par 60 à 80 citations mises en valeur sous forme de bulles et dont les références bibliographiques précises sont indiquées. Le parti pris d'une présentation à la fois ludique et rigoureuse d'un point de vue scientifique permet au lecteur de se familiariser avec les grandes questions de notre vie. Car tous les grands philosophes ayant marqué l'histoire de la pensée ont soulevé la question du sens de la vie : Quels sont les principes qui gouvernent notre existence ? Les réponses données sont très différentes : Pour Platon, c'est l'idée du Bien à laquelle doit s'ouvrir notre âme, pour Rousseau, il s'agit de notre nature originelle, laquelle, au demeurant, est seule digne de notre confiance, pour Adam Smith, c'est l'intérêt individuel qui anime tout individu et se transforme finalement en bien commun grâce à la main invisible. Pour Kant, c'est l'usage de notre raison qui nous libère et nous permet de réaliser des actes moraux extraordinaires. Pour Hegel finalement, la cohésion du monde est garantie par le déploiement dialectique de l'esprit du monde qui se manifeste à travers les actes des individus et des nations dans l'histoire jusqu'à réaliser son grand but ultime. Ainsi, la question du sens du monde, et donc du sens de la vie est appréhendée de manière très différente par chaque penseur, mais une chose est sûre : fort de sa perspective respective, chacun des cinq philosophes a fait jaillir une étincelle de vérité.