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Frail Happiness: An Essay on Rousseau

by Tzvetan Todorov

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"We are all confronted, at one time or another, with choices as to what sort of life we will lead." So Tzvetan Todorov begins Frail Happiness, an important interpretation of Rousseau, one suffused with Todorov's own moral seriousness and intellectual depth. While ranging widely through Rousseau's corpus with skill and scholarly authority, Todorov returns, again and again, to the fragile yet persistent hope for human happiness.

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Tzvetan Todorov begins "Frail Happiness, an interpretation of Rousseau, on suffused with Todorov's own moral seriousness and intellectual depth. While ranging widely through Rosseau's corpus with skill and scholarly authority, Todorov returns, again and again, to the fragile yet persistent hope for human happiness.
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ISBN:
9780271024004
Translator:
Scott, John T.
Translator:
Zaretsky, Robert D.
Translator:
Scott, John T.
Translator:
Zaretsky, Robert D.
Author:
Todorov, Tzvetan
Publisher:
Pennsylvania State University Press
Subject:
History & Surveys - General
Publication Date:
June 2004
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
104
Dimensions:
8.02x6.08x.29 in. .33 lbs.
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