Rick’s unpublished mid-1970s paper on Jean Jacques Rousseau’s philosophy concludes that it  “constitutes a coherent system …. but conceals a host of difficulties”.  Rick summarises Rousseau’s philosophy in five propositions: “1. Humans are social beings and historical beings. 2. Reason arises in the historical development of human reality and initially plays a divisive role in … Continue reading Rousseau signposts the way — but reason divides as well as unifies