Trousson, Raymond / Vercruysse, Jeroom (dir.), Dictionnaire general de Voltaire. (Champion classiques, references et dictionnaires 18) 1272 p. 2020:10 (Champion, FR) <670-9>
ISBN 978-2-38096-016-7 paper ¥7,064.- (税込) EUR 38.00

正義を夢見、知恵に目覚める－ルソーの哲学的生活
Cooper, Laurence D., Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom: Rousseau's Philosophic Life. 288 pp. 2023:3 (U. Chicago Pr., US) <692-8>
ISBN 978-0-226-82499-4 hard ¥22,215.- (税込) US$ 99.00 *
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A surprising look at how Rousseau defended the philosophic life as the most natural and best of lives. Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom reveals what could be thought of as the capstone of Rousseau's thought, even if that capstone has been nearly invisible to readers. Despite criticizing philosophy for its corrosive effects on both natural goodness and civic virtue, Rousseau, argues Laurence D. Cooper, held the philosophic life as an ideal. Cooper expertly unpacks Rousseau's vivid depiction of the philosophic life and the case for that life as the most natural, the freest, or, in short, the best or most choice-worthy of lives. Cooper focuses especially on a single feature, arguably the defining feature of the philosophic life: the overcoming of the ordinary moral consciousness in favor of the cognitivist view of morality. Cooper shows that Rousseau, with his particular understanding and embrace of the philosophic life, proves to be a kind of latter-day Socratic. Thorough and thought-provoking, Dreaming of Justice, Waking to Wisdom provides vital insight into Rousseau.

マンデヴィルの寓話
Douglass, Robin, Mandeville's Fable: Pride, Hypocrisy, and Sociability. 256 pp. 2023:5 (Princeton U. Pr., US) <692-9>
ISBN 978-0-691-21867-0 hard ¥21,318.- (税込) US$ 95.00 *
ISBN 978-0-691-21917-2 paper ¥7,854.- (税込) US$ 35.00 *

Why we should take Bernard Mandeville seriously as a philosopherBernard Mandeville's The Fable of the Bees outraged its eighteenth-century audience by proclaiming that private vices lead to public prosperity. Today the work is best known as an early iteration of laissez-faire capitalism. In this book, Robin Douglass looks beyond the notoriety of Mandeville's great work to reclaim its status as one of the most incisive philosophical studies of human nature and the origin of society in the Enlightenment era. Focusing on Mandeville's moral, social, and political ideas, Douglass offers a revelatory account of why we should take Mandeville seriously as a philosopher.Douglass expertly reconstructs Mandeville's theory of how self-centred individuals, who care for their reputation and social standing above all else, could live peacefully together in large societies. Pride and shame are the principal motives of human behaviour, on this account, with a large dose of hypocrisy and self-deception lying behind our moral practices. In his analysis, Douglass attends closely to the changes between different editions of the Fable; considers Mandeville's arguments in light of objections and rival accounts from other eighteenth-century philosophers, including Shaftesbury, Hume, and Smith; and draws on more recent findings from social psychology.With this detailed and original reassessment of Mandeville's philosophy, Douglass shows how The Fable of the Bees-by shining a light on the dark side of human nature-has the power to unsettle readers even today.

Marko, Jonathan S., John Locke's Theology: An Ecumenical, Irenic, and Controversial Project. (Oxford Studies in Historical Theology) 360 pp. 2023:5 (Oxford U. Pr., US) <692-10>
ISBN 978-0-19-765004-2 hard ¥24,684.- (税込) US$ 110.00 *

In John Locke's Theology: An Ecumenical, Irenic, and Controversial Project, Jonathan S. Marko offers the closest work available to a theological system derived from the writings of John Locke. Marko argues that Locke's intent for The Reasonableness of Christianity, his most noted theological work, was to describe and defend his version of the fundamental doctrines of Christianity and not his personal theological views. Locke, Marko says, intended the work to be an ecumenical and irenic project during a controversial time in philosophy and theology. Locke described what qualifies someone as a Christian in simple and irenic terms, and argued for the necessity of Scripture and the reasonableness of God's means of conveying his authoritative messages. The Reasonableness of Christianity could be construed as personal, but mainly in the sense that it puts the burden of understanding Scripture and arriving at theological convictions on the autonomous individual, rejecting the notion that one should base one's doctrinal opinions on so-called authorities. His work was inadvertently controversial partly because then, like today, readers typically failed to make a distinction between Locke's personal and programmatic positions. Marko also points to places in Locke's corpus where he avoids advocating for a particular sectarian position in his treatment of theological doctrines. What is more, it shows why attempting to categorize Locke--a philosopher, theologian, and political scientist all at once--according to traditional Christian paradigms is a dangerous misstep and a difficult scholarly feat.

Pietz, William, The Problem of the Fetish. Ed. by F. Pellizzi et al. 272 pp. 2022:11 (U. Chicago Pr., US) <692-11>
ISBN 978-0-226-82179-5 hard ¥21,318.- (税込) US$ 95.00
ISBN 978-0-226-82181-8 paper ¥6,171.- (税込) US$ 27.50

ルソーの神
Scott, John T., Rousseau's God: Theology, Religion, and the Natural Goodness of Man. 288 pp. 2023:4 (U. Chicago Pr., US) <692-12>
ISBN 978-0-226-82548-9 hard ¥22,215.- (税込) US$ 99.00 *
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A landmark study of Rousseau's theological and religious thought. John T. Scott offers a comprehensive interpretation of Rousseau's theological and religious thought, both in its own right and in relation to Rousseau's broader oeuvre. In chapters focused on different key writings, Scott reveals recurrent themes in Rousseau's views on the subject and traces their evolution over time. He shows that two concepts-truth and utility-are integral to Rousseau's writings on religion. Doing so helps to explain some of Rousseau's disagreements with his contemporaries: their different views on religion and theology stem from different understandings of human nature and the proper role of science in human life. Rousseau emphasizes not just what is true, but also what is useful-psychologically, morally, and politically-for human beings. Comprehensive and nuanced, Rousseau's God is vital to understanding key categories of Rousseau's thought.