Bøker av John T. Scott

"The most important thing for individuals and their freedom is to be able to think, to say, to know, to search for knowledge.""To understand is to know to know is too unknown to unknown is to search to search is for seeing and foreseeing of the unknown will lead you to the true power of your decisions.""Every known has an unknown and every unknown has a possibility choose to explore the unescapable."

"This book examines the techniques that Rousseau used to engage and persuade his readers. Considering several important works, including Emilie, The Discourse on Inequality, and The Social Contract, John Scott, a well-known scholar of Rousseau, explores the different rhetorical and literary strategies that he uses to interest, draw in, and persuade the reader of his ideas. Keeping in mind that Rousseau was concerned with education, understanding the relationship between his literary and rhetorical techniques and the substance of his thought is necessary to understanding Rousseau's project and who he intended to reach. Most political philosophers focus naturally on his ideas; others argue that the way he conveyed them is itself important. Scott gives us the key to understanding the significance of Rousseau's style"--