General will before rousseau, the: the transformation of the divine into the civic
Auteur :
Riley, Patrick
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691606415
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
413 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Patrick Riley traces the forgotten roots of Rousseau's concept to seventeenth-century questions about the justice of God. If He wills that all men be saved, does He have a general will that produces universal salvation? And, if He does not, why does He will particularly" that some men be damned? The theological origin of the "general will" was impo