Inequality Among Men (Unabridged)

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September 1, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES
    • PERFORMER
      Neville Jason
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 01, 2015
    • UPC
      9781843799047
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NA0205
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioBooks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      5
    • GENRE
      Non-Fiction
    Works ⌄

    1. Discourse on the Origin…

    2. I would have wanted to choose for myself…

    3. 'My dear fellow citizens…'

    4. Such are, magnificent and most honourable…

    5. Preface

    6. Since we have such a small understanding…

    7. Question proposed by the Academy of Dijon

    8. First Part

    9. Hobbes maintains that man is naturally bold…

    10. As far as sicknesses are concerned…

    11. So let us be careful about confusing savage man…

    12. Every animal has ideas, because it has senses.

    13. The more one thinks about this subject…

    14. Suppose we have overcome this first difficulty.

    15. But when, by methods which I do not …

    16. At first it seems that since men in this state…

    17. That is what the pure movement of nature is like…

    18. Among the passions which disturb man's heart…

    19. In fact, it is easy to see that among…

    20. Second Part

    21. It is easy to understand that this sort of…

    22. Everything begins to change how it looked.

    23. As long as men were content with…

    24. Once things were in this state…

    25. It is impossible that men would not finally…

    26. I know that several people have provided…

    27. As for paternal authority…

    28. Without entering today into investigations…

    29. If we follow the progress of inequality…

    30. But these details alone would be material…

    31. In this way, by discovering and following…

    32. Rousseau's Notes

    33. Note 2: From the very beginning…

    34. Note 3: The changes which a long habit…

    35. Note 4: If among my readers…

    36. Note 5: Among quadrupeds…

    37. Note 6: All forms of knowledge…

    38. Note 7: 'The length of life of horses,'…

    39. Note 8: I believe I see another difference…

    40. Note 9: A famous author…

    41. I will not repeat here what I have said elsewhere…

    42. Luxury, which is impossible to guard against…

    43. Note 10: Among the men we know…

    44. The third volume of the same Histoire des…

    45. During the three or four hundred years…

    46. Note 11: This appears to me to be…

    47. Note 12: In Locke's Civil Government…

    48. The same love of truth…

    49. Note 13: I will take good care…

    50. Note 14: In demonstrating how much…

    51. Note 15: We must not confuse vain…

    52. Note 16: It is extremely remarkable…

    53. Note 17: One could make an objection…

    54. Note 18: Marshal de V*** used to tell…

    55. Note 19: Distributive justice would still…


Rousseau's Discourse sets out to explore the origin of inequality among people, a journey that sees him trace the evolution of humans from the savage man to the foundations of civil society. With verve and passion, the philosopher argues that the birth of private property was the 'beginning of evil'. Throughout the book we are lead to consider the development of language, reason, self-preservation, benevolence, pity and law - all through the lens of perhaps the most original thinker of the 18th c. Neville Jason trained at RADA, where he was awarded the diction prize by Sir John Gielgud. He has been a member of the BBC Radio Drama Company three times, and may be heard in radio plays, documentaries and arts programs. For Naxos AudioBooks his readings include War and Peace, The Once and Future King, Evgenii Onegin and Remembrance of Things Past, both unabridged and abridged.