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“THE ABYSS OF PHILOSOPHY”: ROUSSEAU'S CONCEPT OF FREEDOM

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2006

JAMES MILLER
JAMES MILLER
Affiliation:
New School for Social Research
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The action of the soul on the body is the abyss of philosophy in the constitution of man, just as the action of the general will on the public force is the abyss of politics in the constitution of the State.

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Modern Intellectual History , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , April 2006 , pp. 95 - 103
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© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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