Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment
John Eidinow, David Edmonds, . . Ecco, $25.95 (340pp) ISBN 978-0-06-074490-8
In 1766, Scottish philosopher David Hume helped the radical Swiss intellectual Jean-Jacques Rousseau find asylum in England; a few months later, the volatile philosopher accused his benefactor of masterminding a murky conspiracy against him and triggered a virulent response. The argument had nothing to do with philosophy (or Rousseau's dog), but, as in their well-received
Reviewed on: 02/06/2006
Genre: Nonfiction
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