209: The Social Contract: Rousseau goes ham all over Christianity

Classical Stuff You Should Know

A.J. Hanenburg

Christianity, Education, Books, Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.5 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Christians are bad for government, I guess.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Classical Stuff You Should Know, a podcast about philosophy, ancient literature, and whatever we've been reading recently.
0:18.6	My name is Thomas Magby.
0:20.0	I'm joined, as always, by Mr. A.J. Hanenberg.
0:22.8	That's me.
0:23.3	And Mr. Graham Donaldson.
0:24.4	Hi.
0:25.0	And today I have no witty retort because I'm doing the intro.
0:28.7	So, AJ, you are leaving our discussion today.
0:31.7	What do you got for us?
0:32.9	We are doing the last part of Rousseau's The Social Contract, and yeah, and then we'll be done
0:39.6	and we'll do something else.
0:40.4	And you feel great about that?
0:42.2	I am glad to have read it.
0:44.5	Are you?
0:44.7	I was not glad while reading it.
0:46.3	Okay.
0:47.0	What about it?
0:47.6	It's not one of those ones that brings me a profusion of joy as I read.
0:51.4	You seem to enjoy the ideas in it.
0:54.1	Is it just a slog, the language a slog? profusion of joy as I read. You seem to enjoy the ideas in it.
0:55.4	Is it just a slog? The language is slog?
0:56.6	What do you not like about it?
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