Original scientific paper
Rehabilitation of Sensibility. Philosophical Construction of the Sensible Man
Ivana Zagorac
orcid.org/0000-0003-4487-2102
; University of Zagreb, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
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
Publication date:
21.7.2010.
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