John T. Scott
“In The Free Animal, Lee MacLean tackles a difficult and important subject with significant implications for Rousseau’s moral and political thought: the issue of what, according to him, distinguishes human beings from the other beings. Drawing on a wide range of sources within Rousseau’s broad corpus, MacLean’s analysis is thorough, and her scholarship is impressive.”
Jeremiah Alberg
“The Free Animal provides a careful look at the question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s belief in and hope for free will. Lee MacLean, who is well acquainted with both Rousseau’s texts and the secondary literature on his work, demonstrates that Rousseau does take seriously freedom of the will, and that it is necessary to his system – especially for his political psychology.”
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“The Free Animal provides a careful look at the question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s belief in and hope for free will. Lee MacLean, who is well acquainted with both Rousseau’s texts and the secondary literature on his work, demonstrates that Rousseau does take seriously freedom of the will, and that it is necessary to his system – especially for his political psychology.”
“In The Free Animal, Lee MacLean tackles a difficult and important subject with significant implications for Rousseau’s moral and political thought: the issue of what, according to him, distinguishes human beings from the other beings. Drawing on a wide range of sources within Rousseau’s broad corpus, MacLean’s analysis is thorough, and her scholarship is impressive.”