Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Cet essai philosophique fut commence en 1753 et publie en 1755, en reponse a un sujet de l'Academie de Dijon intitule : Quelle est l'origine de l'inegalite des conditions parmi les hommes ?

A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's important early political writings in faithful English translations. This volume includes the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and the Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality among Men - the so-called First and Second Discourses - together with Rousseau's extensive Replies to critics of these Discourses; the Essay on the Origin of Languages; the Letter to Voltaire on Providence; as well as several minor but illuminating writings - the Discourse on Heroic Virtue and the essay Idea of the Method in the Composition of a Book. In these as well as in his later writings, Rousseau probes the very premises of modern thought. His influence was wide-reaching from the very first, and it has continued to grow since his death. The American and the French Revolutions were profoundly affected by his thought, as were Romanticism and Idealism. This new edition features up-to-date translations, an expanded introduction, and an extensive editorial apparatus designed to assist students at every level access these seminal texts.

A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's major later political writings in up-to-date English translations. This volume includes the essay on Political Economy, The Social Contract, and the extensive, late Considerations on the Government of Poland, as well as the important draft on The Right of War and a selection of his letters on various aspects of his political thought. The Social Contract, Rousseau's most comprehensive political work - he called it a 'small treatise' - was condemned on publication by both the civil and the ecclesiastical authorities in France as well as in Geneva, and warrants for its author's arrest were issued. Rousseau was forced to flee and it is during this period that he wrote some of his autobiographical works. This new edition features an expanded introduction, and an extensive editorial apparatus designed to assist students at every level access these seminal texts.

A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's important early political writings in faithful English translations. This volume includes the Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and the Discourse on the Origin and the Foundations of Inequality among Men - the so-called First and Second Discourses - together with Rousseau's extensive Replies to critics of these Discourses; the Essay on the Origin of Languages; the Letter to Voltaire on Providence; as well as several minor but illuminating writings - the Discourse on Heroic Virtue and the essay Idea of the Method in the Composition of a Book. In these as well as in his later writings, Rousseau probes the very premises of modern thought. His influence was wide-reaching from the very first, and it has continued to grow since his death. The American and the French Revolutions were profoundly affected by his thought, as were Romanticism and Idealism. This new edition features up-to-date translations, an expanded introduction, and an extensive editorial apparatus designed to assist students at every level access these seminal texts.

A comprehensive and authoritative anthology of Rousseau's major later political writings in up-to-date English translations. This volume includes the essay on Political Economy, The Social Contract, and the extensive, late Considerations on the Government of Poland, as well as the important draft on The Right of War and a selection of his letters on various aspects of his political thought. The Social Contract, Rousseau's most comprehensive political work - he called it a 'small treatise' - was condemned on publication by both the civil and the ecclesiastical authorities in France as well as in Geneva, and warrants for its author's arrest were issued. Rousseau was forced to flee and it is during this period that he wrote some of his autobiographical works. This new edition features an expanded introduction, and an extensive editorial apparatus designed to assist students at every level access these seminal texts.

Les R veries du promeneur solitaire sont une publication posthume de l' crivain et philosophe genevois d'expression fran aise, Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Il constitue le dernier de ses crits, la partie finale ayant vraisemblablement t con ue quelques semaines avant sa mort, et l'oeuvre tant inachev e. Sa r daction s'est tablie tout au long des deux derni res ann es de sa vie, jusqu' son refuge au ch teau d'Ermenonville: la nature solitaire et parano aque de l'auteur malgr une notori t croissante, l'a contraint cet exil apr s l'accueil de ses Dialogues, et peut- tre galement la mort de Louis Fran ois de Bourbon (dit le Prince de Conti) durant l' t 1776. Les R veries du promeneur solitaire tiennent la fois de l'autobiographie et de la r flexion philosophique: elles constituent un ensemble d'une centaine de pages, l'auteur employant tr s g n ralement la premi re personne du singulier et apportant par digressions quelques d tails sur sa vie. Le livre, qui se pr sente comme "un informe journal des] r veries" de Rousseau, est compos de dix sections, appel es promenades, qui sont des r flexions sur la nature de l'Homme et son Esprit. Rousseau, travers cet ouvrage, pr sente une vision philosophique du bonheur, proche de la contemplation, de l' tat ataraxique, travers un isolement relatif, une vie paisible, et surtout, une relation fusionnelle avec la nature, d velopp e par la marche, la contemplation, l'herborisation que Rousseau pratique. Ces R veries cherchent produire chez le lecteur un sentiment d'empathie qui lui permettrait travers l'auteur de mieux se saisir lui-m me. Avec les Confessions, Jean-Jacques voulait d'abord faire la lumi re sur le citoyen Rousseau et sur sa vie; cette oeuvre post rieure est davantage une invitation au voyage et une r flexion g n rale sur son mode de pens e. Un ouvrage m connu et malheureusement rest inachev qui fait figure de testament posthume de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, mettant parfaitement en lumi re les derni res