Rousseau's Dialectic of the Passions: Between Nature, Culture, and Virtue

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https://doi.org/10.18764/2966-1196.v2n1e26745

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J.-J. Rousseau, Passion, Reason, Civilization, Moral

Abstract

This article aims to analyze Jean-Jacques Rousseau's main theses about human passions, investigating their transformations throughout the civilizing process and their centrality in the constitution of moral and social existence. From a critical rereading of the Cartesian system of passions, Rousseau elaborates a sociology of feelings that redefines the relationship between nature, culture and morality. Rousseau's reflection thus stands out both for the valorization of natural piety and for the denunciation of the artificial passions engendered by social life, configuring a radically innovative thought in the eighteenth century.

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Author Biography

Genildo Ferreira da Silva, Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA)

Professor Titular da Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA).

Doutor em Filosofia/UNICAMP.

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Published

2025-06-01

How to Cite

Silva, G. F. da . (2025). Rousseau’s Dialectic of the Passions: Between Nature, Culture, and Virtue. Revista Iluminus, 2(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.18764/2966-1196.v2n1e26745

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Artigos - Século XVIII