L’Emilio e la filosofia di Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Abstract

A new Italian edition of Rousseau’s treatise Émile calls for a reflection on its philosophical meaning and its relationship with the whole of Rousseau’s philosophical thought. The interpretation that the editor Roberto Gatti offers, both in his brief but weighty Introduction and in his footnotes, focuses on Rousseau’s religion and on the interpretation of the concept of evil in his thought. This reading has strong theoretical foundations; however, it is possible to understand Rousseau’s philosophy in a different way and with a different outlook on the outcomes of his thought, especially concerning its political aspects.

Keywords

• rousseau
• émile
• religion
• evil
• political philosophy