General Will Before Rousseau - The Transformation of the Divine Into the Civic

Summary

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

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Riley, Riley Patrick
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2014
• EAN: 9780691606415
• ISBN: 978-0-691-60641-5
• No. of pages: 294
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political science and theory, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy