Political Science · Western Political Thought
UGC NET July 2018 Political Science
For Rousseau, which one of the following is not true?
AFor man, self-love, which satisfies his real needs, is only too apt to become pride
BPride becomes incompatible with sympathy
CFrom pride all evil has grown
DPride does not seduce reason ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Pride does not seduce reason — The statement that is not true for Rousseau is that pride does not seduce reason, so the answer is option four.
Explanation
★The statement that is not true for Rousseau is that pride does not seduce reason, so the answer is option four.
★Rousseau held that pride, amour-propre, actually corrupts and enslaves reason, bending it to vanity and comparison.
★Natural self-love, amour de soi, serves real needs, but in society it degenerates into competitive pride.
★This pride sets man against man, becomes incompatible with natural pity, and is the root of moral evil.
★So the claim that pride leaves reason untouched directly contradicts his account of corruption.
★The other three statements faithfully capture Rousseau's psychology of amour de soi and amour-propre.
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