The Tom Woods Show, episode 1148.

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Hi, everybody. Tom Woods here. I am joined today by Professor Gerard Casey, who is Professor Emeritus of

Philosophy at University College Dublin. He's the author of numerous books, including his

magnum opus freedoms progress, question mark,

a history of political thought.

It's a book we've covered in numerous episodes of this show because it's just huge.

It's an astonishing book.

And today I thought we'd talk about Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who's been very influential.

He lived from 1712 to 1778. He's exerted

influence on the world in ways that you can decide for yourself, whether they've been positive

or negative, but he's a very, very important figure. And I thought that'd be an interesting part

of the Casey book to talk about. So I'm very glad to welcome Professor Casey back.

Jared Casey, thanks for being here once again. Thank you very much, Tom. Good to be back.

It's fun to talk about somebody as evil as Rousseau, especially because he's not always portrayed

that way. He was an idealist. He was this or that. Whatever he is, he's never presented quite the right way.

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