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Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers At War In The Age Of Enlightenment

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Book Title: Rousseau's Dog : Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment

Number of Pages: 368 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: HarperCollins

Item Height: 0.8 in

Topic: Philosophers, European / French, Individual Philosophers, World

Publication Year: 2007

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Biography & Autobiography, History

Item Weight: 10.4 Oz

Item Length: 8 in

Author: John Eidinow, David Edmonds

Item Width: 5.3 in

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