... the question for Rousseau and to explore why it engages him as political philosopher, moralist, and writer alike. After considering his anthropological ruminations on work, as well as his praise of labor, the chapter shows how Rousseau creates a radical esthetics of désoeuvrement (lack...

... “désoeuvrement” (inactivity) establishes distinctions based on differences of social status and economic condition, which shed an interesting light on Diderot's dialogue. chance circumstance city the Diderot Denis Indigent Philosopher modernity philosophy and philosophers thought vagabonds vapor...