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On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life (Hardcover)
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On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life (Hardcover)
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On the Happiness of the Philosophic Life presents Heinrich Meier's
confrontation with Rousseau's Reveries, the philosopher's most
beautiful and daring work, as well as his last and least
understood. Bringing to bear more than thirty years of study of
Rousseau, Meier unfolds his stunningly original interpretation in
two parts. The first part of On the Happiness of the Philosophic
Life approaches the Reveries not as another autobiographical text
in the tradition of the Confessions and the Dialogues, but as a
reflection on the philosophic life and the distinctive happiness it
provides. The second turns to a detailed analysis of a work
referred to in the Reveries, the "Profession of Faith of the
Savoyard Vicar," which triggered Rousseau's political persecution
when it was originally published as part of Emile. In his
examination of this most controversial of Rousseau's writings,
which aims to lay the foundations for a successful nonphilosophic
life, Meier brings to light the differences between natural
religion as expressed by the Vicar and Rousseau's natural theology.
Together, the two reciprocally illuminating parts of this study
provide an indispensable guide to Rousseau and to the understanding
of the nature of the philosophic life. "[A] dense but precise and
enthralling analysis."--New Yorker
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