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Article: Rousseau, Nature, and the Problem of the Good Life.(Review)
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- Utopian Studies
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- March 22, 2000
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Laurence D. Cooper. Rousseau, Nature, and the Problem of the Good Life. University Park: Pennsylvania State UP, 1999. xiv + 223 pp.
AN EXCELLENT AND THOROUGH STUDY of the concept of Nature in Rousseau's political philosophy, this book will be of great value to all interested in Rousseau, whether philosophers, political theorists, or French literature specialists.
To make a significant and original critical contribution on a topic already so extensively treated is no mean achievement, yet Laurence D. Cooper has managed to do just that. His approach to Rousseau is based on a twofold premise. First, despite its apparent contradictions, Rousseau's political ...