The General Will Before Rousseau: The Transformation of the Divine Into the Civic (Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy) - Hardcover

Riley, Patrick

 
9780691077208: The General Will Before Rousseau: The Transformation of the Divine Into the Civic (Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy)
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ISBN 10: 0691077207 ISBN 13: 9780691077208
Verlag: PRINCETON UNIV PR, 1986

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Patrick Riley traces the forgotten roots of Rousseau's concept to seventeenth-century questions about the justice of God. If He wills that all men be saved, does He have a general will that produces universal salvation? And, if He does not, why does He will particularly" that some men be damned? The theological origin of the "general will" was important to Rousseau himself. He uses the language of divinity bequeathed to him by Pascal, Malebranche, Fenelon, and others to dignify, to elevate, and to "save" politics.

Originally published in 1986.

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"This is a remarkable book--a learned, lucid, and original study of the gradual transformation of a concept that derives much of its force from its until now forgotten origins. No one has ever told this story before."--Judith N. Shklar, Harvard University

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"This is a remarkable book--a learned, lucid, and original study of the gradual transformation of a concept that derives much of its force from its until now forgotten origins. No one has ever told this story before."--Judith N. Shklar, Harvard University

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Verlag
PRINCETON UNIV PR
Erscheinungsdatum
1986
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691077207
ISBN 13 
9780691077208
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Anzahl der Seiten
290
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