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143 reviews for:
A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Translated by G. D. H. Cole)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3.52 AVERAGE
143 reviews for:
A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Translated by G. D. H. Cole)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
3.52 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Solid 3.5* rounded up to 4*.
Still not sold on the premise that primitivism is a good idea, but it's still an interesting read nevertheless.
Still not sold on the premise that primitivism is a good idea, but it's still an interesting read nevertheless.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Racial slurs
operates off of a similar sense of imperialism as hobbes & locke, BUT rousseau at least can admit that hierarchy is a fundamentally twisted & unreasonable thing :)
slow-paced
inspiring
slow-paced
Interesting relatively short read if you skip the fawning intro, which I recommend, and the last chapter, which was a compilation of his writing notes. The entire piece ends up being a Romantic thought experiment, as he is bound by the religious beliefs of the day not to counter the orthodoxy of the origin story of Genesis in the bible.
[Spoiler Alert (tl;dr)] The origin of inequality is property and civilisation.
[Spoiler Alert (tl;dr)] The origin of inequality is property and civilisation.
FOR SCHOOL
he wrote this all jumbled like 5 things at once it was so confusing
he wrote this all jumbled like 5 things at once it was so confusing
If you get past the first part which seems to be questionable takes in Anthropology more so than either philosophy or the foundation for an argument, the second part is a very interesting and scarily relevant look into illegitimate rule and tyranny.