Rousseau's Case for Censorship | Christopher Kelly on Rousseau

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The Enlightenment thinkers who are trying to introduce free debate, free speech, not only are they dogmatic, not only are they sectarian, they're intolerant.

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Reason is largely impotent. Reason does not have the power to get people to do things. The investigation of the truth means calling into question the things that the society believes. Customs, a way of life of a community, and so on, which has a corrosive effect upon them.

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This is obviously very different from our view of the importance of free speech.

Rousseau's Case for Censorship | Christopher Kelly on Rousseau

An interview with Christopher Kelly on Rousseau's case for censorship

Oct 11, 2024

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This is obviously very different from our view of the importance of free speech.