David Edmonds · 2007
A biographical history recounting the personal and intellectual conflict between two prominent Enlightenment philosophers.
James Marriott values it as an engaging story that helps readers absorb more information when paired with academic biographies.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“And then there's another wonderful book, kind of popularizing philosophy book called Rousseau's Dog, about how Rousseau and David Hume had an almighty falling out. It's an amazing story.”
Why: It is an amazing story that helps you absorb more than twice as much information when read alongside a drier academic biography.
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