CLD 213 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cogito Ergo Sum, Publication Ban, Physis

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Early Childhood Studies
• Course: CLD 213
• Professor: Susan Jagger

Document Summary

Nature essential qualities of innate character of: latin natura from nasci to be born, greek physis intrinsic characteristics that plants, animals, and organic features develop on their own. Nurture upbringing, nourishment, fostering care: latin nutritura, greek anatrofi feeding the soul. Post-scientific revolution: bacon (scientific method), descartes (cogito ergo sum), locke (blank state, mechanical, mathematical world. Romantic movement (1770-1850: love of nature, wild landscape, youth. Enlightenment (1750-1789) france: liberty, progress, reason, tolerance, fraternity. Mother died 9 days after his birth; father in exile when rousseau was 12. Reading by age 6, greek and roman classics by 7. Paris composed opera, wrote on music. Had five child(cid:396)e(cid:374), all (cid:449)e(cid:396)e gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) up to vi(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:374)t de paul"s fou(cid:374)dli(cid:374)g ho(cid:373)e. Following julie, ou la nouvelle heloise and the social contract. Ideas countered those of french and swiss authorities, condemned by dutch book burning and publication ban. Wa(cid:396)(cid:396)a(cid:374)t fo(cid:396) rousseau"s a(cid:396)(cid:396)est i(cid:374) pa(cid:396)is, fled as a fugiti(cid:448)e.