Ep. 11: Rousseau's Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts

Combat and Classics Podcast

English - August 07, 2017 10:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 74 ratings
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Previous Episode: Ep. 10: Anton Chekhov's "The Student"

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Jeff, Lise, and Brian are joined by the distinguished Dylan Casey and Wes Alwan for this crossover episode with the Partially Examined Life. They discuss the Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts, or First Discourse, in which Rousseau argues that the arts and sciences tend to lead to "moral corruption". What is "moral corruption"? What does it mean for a human being to be "whole"? How can a society be structured to allow individual humans to achieve wholeness? What role do the arts and sciences play in that endeavor? Join the group for a lively discussion of those questions and more!

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