Rousseau's First Discourse Live at ACTC | The New Thinkery Ep. 40
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The Sweet Sentiment of Existence
Alex Castellanos: In Rousseau, the most important thing is not preserving yourself, but enjoying your existence. He says that's only true if existence is enjoyable, right? And anyone who's ever experienced something like that, I think this conception of human flourishing has its basis in Rousseau.Castellanos: You can see a lot of contemporary sort of common expressions of this, right? Like just like be happy like these bumper stickers that people have and this kind of stuff.
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