My instructor is teaching the same exact material but with no enthusiasm, direction or structure. What a difference the professor can make! I hated my class and was falling behind until I found your videos! Thank you, so helpful!
Impressive lecture. Your students engage very well. I'm seeing better interaction with discussions about the philosophy of law then the letter of law like court decisions, statutory and constitutional scripts of law.
This lecture was really helpful and I really appreciated it as a precursor to reading Book 1. One thing was missed in the brief discussion of his importance in philosophy of education which I feel is warranted. And that is Rousseau's rejection of education for women and his view of women's role in the family in general. I feel that while there's many good things to say about Rousseau's philosophy, it is also important to point out the flaws.
that was a brilliant lecturer . i enjoyed to the end that seemed so quick although i watched and paused for a whole day am looking forward to your lessons
I'm going to a community college and the curriculum in my courses is garbage. I've taken to reading old books by great thinkers to attempt to compliment my studies. Videos such as this are unlikely to get the views they deserve, but I appreciate the upload and have found it helpful.
Keep you in the loop as to 3 A few minutes to talk to you about it when I get home from work until you get back home I will call me real estate exam is scheduled on it for me because it's 2 Ok cool I'll let you have it all ready
As well as the Social Contract but his 'Confessions' is fascinating and thus he influenced Proust and other writers and also was more toward Romanticism (than say Diderot, D'Alambert, Grimm or Hume). Rousseau was increasingly paranoid especially after he published Emile (which he considered his best work) and the Social Contract. He used to some extent the model of the Roman Rebulic, rejected democracy and probably knew that his Contract between The People and a Sovereign, the people. He was more 'intuitive' than a logician per se, Hobbes knew mathematics and unlike Rousseau (who did study maths but was interested in composing music, and he wrote at least one short opera). He is in some ways an early modernist and an early Romantic. A man of feeling. Derrida finds some aporia in his e.g. 'The Origins of Language' but that like Plato's Republic is so leaky one could drive a philosophic truck through it. So if Derrida failed to find thousands of contradictions in R's writing it would be surprising....Wittgenstein and perhaps Hume (not Locke the Empiricist) were men who questioned things. Was Wittgenstein ugly? He had a great magnetism -- but Popper (also from Vienna and Jewish) wrote many books trying to solve problems. I think Wittgenstein rightly realised such enthusiasm was futile and found learning and questioning more interesting. Like R. though he was interested in language but didn't "lay down the law". I'm not a lecturer or a student, I am a 74 year old writer-poet living in New Zealand, and I read a lot....probably too much....
What Rousseau means by everywhere is chain is in society we become dependent on each other to realise our ends.This material interdependent but It is also related to the ideas of amour proper. We live the life through each other's judgements, through each other's gaze. We are dependent each other's respect and when we don't get that we become miserable...
To have that kind of Gov. it would require a Gov. by people who were intelligent, educated (not necessarily schooled) , and who had worked as the laboring class, who were committed to solving problems and using consensus, so they need to look at the big picture and familiar with the specific.
Aristotle and his disciples were somewhat obsessed with their looks, but other than that most philosophers aren’t the most handsome of men (or women). But I’d argue Nietzsches moustache made him the most handsome.
Sadly, one semester isn't enough to cover every philosopher of this period. Any treatment of the history of philosophy makes decisions about how to tell the story of the conversations happening in some era of thought. I'm sure there are plenty of videos of lectures on Burke out there.
Forced to be free - for examples look at the treatment of homosexuality. Conversion therapists can call on Rousseau, but we now know that this is not what we want (general will), How legislatures vote for such stuff is hugely variable, even within a single family unit. The general will could be regarded as those laws which are passed unanimously. Rousseau wrote for money. Boswell reports Johnson's assessment of Rousseau, Johnson asked Rousseau whether he really believed everything he had written. Johnson must have nailed Rousseau with the well-known metaphysical concepts, noble savage, free-will, general good and seen that Rousseau's story does not hang together. While there is great European interest in the noble savage Indians of America, there is also learning about the savages of the Pacific. Johnson disdains this element of global discovery saying savages have nothing to offer Europeans. Johnson apparently had a more realistic view of savages than Rousseau's fantasy savages. Under this pressure Rousseau admits to Johnson that he writes because his readership likes this kind of material. But this means that there must have been revolutionary tendencies in France for some time before the Revolution, and even before Rousseau published. Contract and Compact and two separate things. The Contract is what each individual makes with the State. The Compact is what the State is currently offering, which can change with time. You see that these two can diverge. The compact goes on, possibly quite changed after a revolution, but the state expects that each individual contract is still intact. We can also consider the life that Jews had to live in European cities of the era. How plausible is it that people will give up their individual freedom to support the common will ? This is dodgy in theory but practical in the implementation. Consider NZ PM Ardern saying that NZ's team of 5 million will get through COVID. This happened, but in time American Libertarians polluted the social discourse and created a reactionary schizm.
My instructor is teaching the same exact material but with no enthusiasm, direction or structure. What a difference the professor can make! I hated my class and was falling behind until I found your videos! Thank you, so helpful!
I’m an instructor myself and this video helped me to structure my own lecture. Thank you.
Same here !
I am watching your lectures from Iraqi Kurdistan. I like it. Thanks
actual social contract starts at 14:00
As a political science this is my first appreciation of rousseau
Where does this genius teach? Much better than some professors at Columbia...
University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
I have an alaytical paper due and did not understand rousseau at all. This is helping a lot! Thank you, you're a really good professor.
Impressive lecture. Your students engage very well. I'm seeing better interaction with discussions about the philosophy of law then the letter of law like court decisions, statutory and constitutional scripts of law.
This lecture was really helpful and I really appreciated it as a precursor to reading Book 1. One thing was missed in the brief discussion of his importance in philosophy of education which I feel is warranted. And that is Rousseau's rejection of education for women and his view of women's role in the family in general. I feel that while there's many good things to say about Rousseau's philosophy, it is also important to point out the flaws.
starts at 14:00 minutes
Thank you so much
Thanks, Madeline. I am the same with films, if there's a big intro or the credits roll first, I have to fast forward!
that was a brilliant lecturer . i enjoyed to the end that seemed so quick although i watched and paused for a whole day am looking forward to your lessons
I'm going to a community college and the curriculum in my courses is garbage. I've taken to reading old books by great thinkers to attempt to compliment my studies. Videos such as this are unlikely to get the views they deserve, but I appreciate the upload and have found it helpful.
Keep you in the loop as to 3
A few minutes to talk to you about it when I get home from work until you get back home I will call me real estate exam is scheduled on it for me because it's 2
Ok cool I'll let you have it all ready
I would love to have you as a teacher
Ty so much wherever you are !!!
As well as the Social Contract but his 'Confessions' is fascinating and thus he influenced Proust and other writers and also was more toward Romanticism (than say Diderot, D'Alambert, Grimm or Hume). Rousseau was increasingly paranoid especially after he published Emile (which he considered his best work) and the Social Contract. He used to some extent the model of the Roman Rebulic, rejected democracy and probably knew that his Contract between The People and a Sovereign, the people. He was more 'intuitive' than a logician per se, Hobbes knew mathematics and unlike Rousseau (who did study maths but was interested in composing music, and he wrote at least one short opera). He is in some ways an early modernist and an early Romantic. A man of feeling. Derrida finds some aporia in his e.g. 'The Origins of Language' but that like Plato's Republic is so leaky one could drive a philosophic truck through it. So if Derrida failed to find thousands of contradictions in R's writing it would be surprising....Wittgenstein and perhaps Hume (not Locke the Empiricist) were men who questioned things. Was Wittgenstein ugly? He had a great magnetism -- but Popper (also from Vienna and Jewish) wrote many books trying to solve problems. I think Wittgenstein rightly realised such enthusiasm was futile and found learning and questioning more interesting. Like R. though he was interested in language but didn't "lay down the law". I'm not a lecturer or a student, I am a 74 year old writer-poet living in New Zealand, and I read a lot....probably too much....
Well done!!!! Roussou x x
"Locke...uuuuugh! Rousseau..." Dude cracked me up.
Love that guys contributions
What Rousseau means by everywhere is chain is in society we become dependent on each other to realise our ends.This material interdependent but It is also related to the ideas of amour proper. We live the life through each other's judgements, through each other's gaze. We are dependent each other's respect and when we don't get that we become miserable...
To have that kind of Gov. it would require a Gov. by people who were intelligent, educated (not necessarily schooled) , and who had worked as the laboring class, who were committed to solving problems and using consensus, so they need to look at the big picture and familiar with the specific.
Thanks for the upload am working on a research essay
Aristotle and his disciples were somewhat obsessed with their looks, but other than that most philosophers aren’t the most handsome of men (or women). But I’d argue Nietzsches moustache made him the most handsome.
Also, great video. Loved book 1 of the social contract, looking forward to the remaining books.
Thanks.
Does Rousseau say anything about the role of leaders in creating general will?
See The Social Contract, Book II, Ch 7 on "The Law-Giver/Maker."
Didn't Sartre say something like 'we are forced to be free' as if it were a matter of regret? 'Mankind is condemned to freedom' perhaps.
Resourceful
voltaire later invited rousseau to live with him but rousseau didnt respond and later deeply regreted it.
Why not a course on Burke ?
Sadly, one semester isn't enough to cover every philosopher of this period. Any treatment of the history of philosophy makes decisions about how to tell the story of the conversations happening in some era of thought.
I'm sure there are plenty of videos of lectures on Burke out there.
sound dies at 13 mins in
comes back in a minute
It would have been more resource dil if the view points of the students be sufi le clearly
you are amazying and better than Yale
I can't take Rousseau serious because I started with The Confessions. :/
Forced to be free - for examples look at the treatment of homosexuality. Conversion therapists can call on Rousseau, but we now know that this is not what we want (general will), How legislatures vote for such stuff is hugely variable, even within a single family unit. The general will could be regarded as those laws which are passed unanimously.
Rousseau wrote for money. Boswell reports Johnson's assessment of Rousseau, Johnson asked Rousseau whether he really believed everything he had written. Johnson must have nailed Rousseau with the well-known metaphysical concepts, noble savage, free-will, general good and seen that Rousseau's story does not hang together. While there is great European interest in the noble savage Indians of America, there is also learning about the savages of the Pacific. Johnson disdains this element of global discovery saying savages have nothing to offer Europeans. Johnson apparently had a more realistic view of savages than Rousseau's fantasy savages. Under this pressure Rousseau admits to Johnson that he writes because his readership likes this kind of material. But this means that there must have been revolutionary tendencies in France for some time before the Revolution, and even before Rousseau published.
Contract and Compact and two separate things. The Contract is what each individual makes with the State. The Compact is what the State is currently offering, which can change with time. You see that these two can diverge. The compact goes on, possibly quite changed after a revolution, but the state expects that each individual contract is still intact. We can also consider the life that Jews had to live in European cities of the era.
How plausible is it that people will give up their individual freedom to support the common will ? This is dodgy in theory but practical in the implementation. Consider NZ PM Ardern saying that NZ's team of 5 million will get through COVID. This happened, but in time American Libertarians polluted the social discourse and created a reactionary schizm.
COMPARAISON SIR = BIBLE SOCIAL
I feel like a Dr pepper 😂
most of talk is regarding how good looking rousseau was. and how ugly hobbes was
Did he just call Hume, an Englishman? unacceptable
My humble apologies! Just to set the record straight, Hume was/is Scottish!
not much information , more just a kids class having a laugh...not very much content for those who want intellectual stimulation.