The philosophers' quarrel : Rousseau, Hume, and the limits of human understanding /

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Author / Creator:Zaretsky, Robert, 1955-
Imprint:New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (x, 247 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Subject:Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, -- 1712-1778.
Hume, David, -- 1711-1776.
Hume, David, -- 1711-1776.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, -- 1712-1778.
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.
Hume, David.
Enlightenment.
PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Philosophers.
Enlightenment.
Interpersonaler Konflikt
Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
Meningsverschillen.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11286460
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Other authors / contributors:Scott, John T., 1963-
ISBN:9780300156249
0300156243
9780300121933
0300121938
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-238) and index.
Summary:"The rise and spectacular fall of the friendship between the two great philosophers of the eighteenth century, barely six months after they first met, reverberated on both sides of the Channel. As the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume unraveled, a volley of rancorous letters was fired off, then quickly published and devoured by aristocrats, intellectuals, and common readers alike. Everyone took sides in this momentous dispute between the greatest of Enlightenment thinkers." "In this lively and revealing book, Robert Zaretsky and John T. Scott explore the unfolding rift between Rousseau and Hume. The authors are particularly fascinated by the connection between the thinkers' lives and thought, especially the way that the failure of each to understand the other - and himself - illuminates the limits of human understanding. In addition, they situate the philosophers' quarrel in the social, political, and intellectual milieu that informed their actions, as well as the actions of the other participants in the dispute, such as James Boswell, Adam Smith, and Voltaire. By examining the conflict through the prism of each philosopher's contribution to Western thought, Zaretsky and Scott reveal the implications for the two men as individuals and philosophers as well as for the contemporary world."--Jacket.
Other form:Print version: Zaretsky, Robert, 1955- Philosophers' quarrel. New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300121933
Standard no.:9786612088766