Calvin and Rousseau, or Ambivalence in Geneva

Eggers-Lecour in his office at the United Nations

Article in the Spanish journal Razón y Fe: 
Calvino y Rousseau, o la Ambivalencia Ginebrina
(Calvin and Rousseau, or Ambivalence in Geneva)

In this article, Eggers-Lecour examines, in lay man's terms, the contradictory philosophies of these two thinkers: Man is fundamentally bad versus man is fundamentally good. 
This scrupulously researched article exposes as well contradictions in the city of Geneva's reactions to Calvin and Rousseau. Calvin was ex-pulsed out of the city in 1538 after the "Trent solution", only to be recalled four years later. During the four subsequent years, Calvin carried out a mini inquisition, during which 58 inhabitants out of the 16,000 living in Geneva were executed and 76 exiled.


Rousseau, also repulsed from his native Geneva , where his books were banned and burned, extolled  the purity of nature and the role of education of the whole person in nurturing responsible citizens.
The first pages of the article are included here. Please contact Costanza directly if interested in the rest of the pages.