PP203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jordan Peterson, Girondins, Noble Savage
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Rousseau - main contributions are in political theory, philosophy of education, and history of ideas (not ethics or epistemology) Rousseau is an original, a misfit, hard to classify - but more differences from liberal enlightenment than similarities. *rousseau appeals to state of nature and social contract, like hobbes and locke. *his republican ideals influenced the french revolution (as locke influenced the. American), though his ideas led it astray from liberal principles. *rousseau was a precursor of the romantic glorification of nature, passion, and the individual. *emphasis of equality and general will bring him closer to radical left tradition than to early liberal themes of property, free trade, and individual rights. Enlightenment - promoted science, reason, tolerance, and critical thinking against. Romanticism - seeks to re-enchant world after age of reason. *glorifies the traditional past (gothic architecture) and national particularity (german folk tales) Prize essay topic: "have recent advances in the arts and sciences contributed to the purification of morals?"
