Hardcover, 1092 pages
English language
Published July 1, 1967 by MJF Books.
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Rousseau and Revolution, Volume 10 of Will & Ariel Durant's Story of Civilization, ranges over a Europe in ferment, but centers on the passionate rebel-philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the great exponent of the romantic impulse toward self-exploration & social revolt, who contended with the great rationalist, Voltaire, for the mind of Europe. Rousseau condemned civilization as a disease, glorified the noble savage, proclaimed to the world with equal intensity his own love affairs & the natural Rights of Man, & became the patron saint of the Revolution & the worldwide social upheavals of two centuries.
Rousseau and Revolution, Volume 10 of Will & Ariel Durant's Story of Civilization, ranges over a Europe in ferment, but centers on the passionate rebel-philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the great exponent of the romantic impulse toward self-exploration & social revolt, who contended with the great rationalist, Voltaire, for the mind of Europe. Rousseau condemned civilization as a disease, glorified the noble savage, proclaimed to the world with equal intensity his own love affairs & the natural Rights of Man, & became the patron saint of the Revolution & the worldwide social upheavals of two centuries.
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- British & Irish history: c 1700 to c 1900
- European history: c 1500 to c 1750
- European history: c 1750 to c 1900
- c 1700 to c 1800
- World - General
- Modern - 18th Century
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- Europe
- France
- Germany
- Civilization
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