egocentrism

Discuss inequality and man’s nature after reading Rousseau III

Discuss inequality and man’s nature after reading Rousseau III At the end of our last reading, R. notes that the “middle position between the indolence of our primitive state and the petulant activity of our egocentrism, must have been the happiest and most durable epoch.” This state was most stable and “the best for man.” … Read more