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The book narrates the ups and downs of Rousseau and follows his life from streets to stardom. ... Read more

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Rousseau's Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (First Discourse) and his Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality (Second Discourse) and Rousseau's Notes translated, with introduction and Editor's Notes. ... Read more

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Includes the Second Discourse (complete with the author's extensive notes), contemporary critiques by Voltaire, Diderot, Bonnet, and LeRoy, Rousseau's replies (some never before translated), and Political Economy, which first outlinedprinciples that were to become famous in the Social Contract. This is the first time that the works of 1755 and 1756 have been combined with careful commentary to show the coherence of Rousseau's "political system." The Second Discourse examines man in the true "state of nature," prior to the formation of the first human societies, tracing the "hypothetical history" of political society and social inequality as they developed out of natural equality and independence. ... Read more

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Excellent discourse. This book discusses some of the rudiments of the history of inequality and how its self supporting and ever existing in human nature. I recommend this book for those readers who either want to increase their knowledge on Jean-Jacques Rousseau or historical development of inequality

For those who want to further their command over Rousseau's life- I suggest them to read 'Confessions' by Rousseau. ... Read more

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The book narrates the ups and downs of Rousseau and follows his life from streets to stardom. ... Read more

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The book narrates the ups and downs of Rousseau and follows his life from streets to stardom. ... Read more

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1923. Translated from the French. With a preface by Edmund Wilson. Rousseau, philosopher and Father of the Romantic Movement, The Confessions is his landmark autobiography. Both brilliant and flawed, it is nonetheless beautifully written and remains one of the most moving human documents in all of literature. In this work, Rousseau frankly and sincerely settles accounts with himself in an effort to project his true image to the world. In so doing he reveals the details of a man who paid little regard to accepted morality and social conventions. ... Read more

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The book narrates the ups and downs of Rousseau and follows his life from streets to stardom. ... Read more

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The book narrates the ups and downs of Rousseau and follows his life from streets to stardom. ... Read more

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The book narrates the ups and downs of Rousseau and follows his life from streets to stardom. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1793 edition by Bélin; Caille; Grégoire; Volland, Paris. ... Read more

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The book narrates the ups and downs of Rousseau and follows his life from streets to stardom. It provides a deep insight into the personality of the philosopher and the vision that got him exiled and persecuted. It relates his pride in his individual existence. The assortment of events and emotions presented here is timeless. ... Read more