Delphi Collected Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Illustrated)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jul 2017 · Delphi Series Eight Book 18 · Delphi Classics

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher of the 18th century, whose works influenced the Enlightenment across Europe, changing the development of modern political and educational thought. His ‘Confessions’, setting the groundwork for the modern autobiography, inspired the late eighteenth century movement of the Age of Sensibility, favouring an increased focus on subjectivity and introspection. This comprehensive eBook presents Rousseau’s collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Rousseau’s life and works

* Concise introductions to the major texts

* Features rare treatises often missed out of collections

* Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Includes Rousseau’s rare unfinished book REVERIES OF A SOLITARY WALKER – available in no other collection

* Includes Rousseau’s great autobiography ‘Confessions’

* Special criticism section, with essays evaluating Rousseau’s contribution to philosophy, including Irving Babbitt’s seminal study

* Features two biographies - discover Rousseau’s literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

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CONTENTS:

The Books

DISCOURSE ON THE ARTS AND SCIENCES

DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN AND BASIS OF INEQUALITY AMONG MEN

DISCOURSE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY

ÉMILE, OR ON EDUCATION

THE SOCIAL CONTRACT, OR PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL RIGHT

CONSTITUTIONAL PROJECT FOR CORSICA

CONSIDERATIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF POLAND

REVERIES OF A SOLITARY WALKER

The Autobiography

THE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

The Criticism

ROUSSEAU by William Cleaver Wilkinson

ROUSSEAU AND ROMANTICISM by Irving Babbitt

ROUSSEAU by John Cowper Powys

THE RELIGION OF ROUSSEAU by John Middleton Murry

COWPER AND ROUSSEAU by Leslie Stephen

THE ROUSSEAU AFFAIR by Lytton Strachey

ROUSSEAU AND THE SENTIMENTALISTS by James Russell Lowell

ROUSSEAU by George Brandes

ROUSSEAU IN ENGLAND IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY by Edmund Gosse

The Biographies

ROUSSEAU by John Morley

JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU by Hugh Chisholm

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