Notes about friendship, life in retreat, and the fullness, found in Rousseau’s philosophy

I intend hereby to make an encounter between "Letters to Malesherbes" and "My picture", two small Rousseau's texts which are included in the list of his epistolary, confessional and autobiographical works. I aim at using some of the philosopher's considerations about fr...

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Autor: Espindola, Arlei de
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:Brasil
Recursos:Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS)
Repositorio:Veritas (Porto Alegre. Online)
Idioma:portugués
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Palavra-chave:Man
Freedom
Life in retreat
Friendship
Fullness.
Homem
Liberdade
Vida Retirada
Amizade
Plenitude
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Resumo:I intend hereby to make an encounter between "Letters to Malesherbes" and "My picture", two small Rousseau's texts which are included in the list of his epistolary, confessional and autobiographical works. I aim at using some of the philosopher's considerations about friendship, self-knowledge, and the completeness of human existence, found in solitary life and in exile. I comprehend that the Rousseau’s writings, in general, tend to shed some light on others and that his thought remains a unique unit. Therefore reading these two short works becomes an important task, which is reinforced by the fact that they, although it can be doubted, possess great value in philosophical terms, making the defense of freedom, transparency, honesty, authenticity, and the meeting among men, which eventually rebels itself against either moral or political corruption in social life.