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Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 20
Yuletide signups so far:
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D
(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)
3 requests for Frederician RPF, 2 offers
2 requests for Circle of Voltaire RPF, 3 offers !! :D :D
(I am so curious as to who the third person is!)
Re: Diderot - Personal Life
Even Rousseau's greatest admirers admit that his sense of persecution and emotional volatility helped bring about his own worst nightmare: being abandoned by his friends, particularly Diderot. Throughout his writings, Rousseau had professed a love of humanity that knew no bounds; his real problem was getting along with actual humans, with their foibles, their inconsistencies, and their self-absorption, especially when it got in the way of his own.
Curran then goes on to explain how it was half Diderot's fault for encouraging the paranoia, but I had to share the quote, because I enjoyed the way he phrased the distinction between theory and practice in Rousseau's life. ;)