The General Will before Rousseau
The Transformation of the Divine into the Civic
1st Edition
Published on 10. March 2015
294 pages
978-1-4008-5818-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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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.
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Content
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 Volonté Générale of the Citizen, pg. 181
Six. A Brief Conclusion, pg. 251
Index, pg. 261
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 Volonté Générale of the Citizen, pg. 181
Six. A Brief Conclusion, pg. 251
Index, pg. 261
