A rêverie como exercício espiritual em Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Abstract

This article proposes a reading of the Rêveries du promeneur solitaire using the concept of “spiritual exercise”, as it appears in some contemporary metaphilosophical discussions. We try to show how Rousseau at the same time gives continuity and breaks with an ancient tradition, recovering an old conception of philosophy from his readings, while at the same time transforming it.