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The General Will before Rousseau: The Transformation of the Divine into the Civic(Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy)

The General Will before Rousseau: The Transformation of the Divine into the Civic(Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy)


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Patrick Riley traces the forgotten roots of Rousseau's concept to seventeenth-century questions about the justice of God. If He wills that all men be saved, does He have a general will that produces universal salvation? And, if He does not, why does He will particularly" that some men be damned? The theological origin of the "general will" was important to Rousseau himself. He uses the language of divinity bequeathed to him by Pascal, Malebranche, Fenelon, and others to dignify, to elevate, and to "save" politics. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.



Table of Contents:
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Preface, pg. ix*Acknowledgments, pg. xiv*One. The General Will Established: From Paul and Augustine to Pascal and Malebranche, pg. 1*Two. The General Will under Attack: The Criticisms of Bossuet, Fenelon, and Bayle, pg. 64*Three. The Departure from General Will: Malebranche on Moral Relations, Order, and Occasionalism, pg. 99*Four. The General Will Socialized: The Contribution of Montesquieu, pg. 138*Five. The General Will Completed: Rousseau and the Volonte Generale of the Citizen, pg. 181*Six. A Brief Conclusion, pg. 251*Index, pg. 261

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"A most important contribution to the study of Enlightenment political and social ideas, accessible to public library patrons as well as academic readers. The author presents a very convincing claim that the doctrine of the general will emerged as a theological idea, predating by over a century Rousseau's famous political application in the Social Contract. There is a very impressive marshaling of literary evidence, moderated by a clear facility with the argumentative and writing styles of the major participants."--Choice


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780691606415
  • Publisher: Princeton University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 294
  • Series Title: Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy
  • Sub Title: The Transformation of the Divine into the Civic
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0691606412
  • Publisher Date: 14 Jul 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: 03
  • Series Title: Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy
  • Weight: 397 gr


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