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Rehabilitation of Sensibility. Philosophical Construction of the Sensible Man

Ivana Zagorac orcid id orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-2102 ; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

The aim of this text is to point out some of the relevant moments in philosophical approaches to the topic of sensibility. In that attempt, a period of Enlightenment is emphasized, with its specific reading of Cartesian thought through empiricism of English provenance. Jean-Jacques Rousseau poses as a key figure of the ‘Age of Sensibility’, and his construction of the sensible man is especially closely examined. Last part of the text contextualizes heritage of historical and philosophical readings of human nature, primarily the one of Rousseau, into modern debates. Consequently, possible footholds for the thesis of modern rehabilitation of sensibility are established.

Keywords

sensibility; compassion; nature; virtue; education; Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Hrčak ID:

62956

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/62956

Publication date:

21.7.2010.

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