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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Hackett Classics)

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Hackett Classics)

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Author), James Miller (Introduction), Donald A. Cress (Translator)

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    Paperback 1992

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    Paperback 2004

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Synopsis

Donald Cress's highly regarded translation, based on the critical Pleiade edition of 1964, is here issued with a lively introduction by James Miller, who brings into sharp focus the cultural and intellectual milieu in which Rousseau operated. This new edition includes a select bibliography, a note on the text, a translators note, and Rousseaus own Notes on the Discourse.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 112
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Published: 13 Nov 1992
ISBN 10: 0872201503
ISBN 13: 9780872201507

Author Bio
Donald A. Cress is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, Parkside. His translations of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy and Discourse on Method are also published by Hackett. James Miller teaches a cycle of courses on Dante for the Comparative Literature and Culture program at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada. His other books include Measures of Wisdom: The Cosmic Dance in Classical and Christian Antiquity and Fluid Exchanges: Artists and Critics in the AIDS Crisis . He has also translated Andrew Pawlowskias play Dante on the Steps of Immortality . James Miller looks forward to a hot afterlife on the Seventh Terrace of Purgatory.