Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712-1778

The confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
1,895 editions published between 1766 and 2010 in 24 languages and held by 4,210 libraries worldwide
"In his Confessions, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) tells the story of his life, from the formative experiences of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the modern world. In trying to explain who he was and how he came to be the object of others' admiration and abuse, Rousseau analyses with unique insight the relationship between an elusive but essential inner self and the variety of social identities he was led to adopt. Confessions is Rousseau's search, through every resource of language, to convey what he despairs of putting into words: the personal quality of one's own existence." "This translation includes the preface to the Neuchatel manuscript, which provides insights into Rousseau's conception of autobiography."--BOOK JACKET.

The social contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
1,427 editions published between 1754 and 2011 in 29 languages and held by 3,969 libraries worldwide
Rousseau sought to ground his political theory in an understanding of human nature, which he believed to be basically good but corrupted by the conflicting interests within society. Here self-interest degenerated into a state of war from which humanity could only be extricated by the imposition of a contract. As a party to the compact, each individual would find his true interest served within the political expression of the community of man, or the general will.

Emile : or, On education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
837 editions published between 1737 and 2010 in 25 languages and held by 3,167 libraries worldwide
A classic in the history of Western thought and educational theory for the development of autonomous, responsible human beings.

La nouvelle Héloïse. Julie; or, The new Eloise: letters of two lovers, inhabitants of a small town at the foot of the Alps by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
1,055 editions published between 1760 and 2009 in 15 languages and held by 2,196 libraries worldwide
Rousseau's great epistolary novel, Julie, or the New Heloise, has been virtually unavailable in English since 1810. In it, Rousseau reconceptualized the relationship of the individual to the collective and articulated a new moral paradigm. The story follows the fates and smoldering passions of Julie d'Etange and St. Preux, a one-time lover who reenters Julie's life at the invitation of her unsuspecting husband, M. de Wolmar.

Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
632 editions published between 1782 and 2011 in 22 languages and held by 1,865 libraries worldwide
Philosophical writings by the famous 18th century French philosopher.

Discourse on the sciences and arts (first discourse) ; and, Polemics by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
159 editions published between 1750 and 2009 in 14 languages and held by 1,744 libraries worldwide
Un ouvrage de philosophie politique, complément de la réflexion sur la cité et la citoyenneté menée dans "Du contrat social".

Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
353 editions published between 1755 and 2011 in 15 languages and held by 1,597 libraries worldwide
A republication of French author and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's eighteenth-century text in which he discusses the negative impact of civilization on man's natural happiness and freedom.

Essay on the origin of languages and writings related to music by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
135 editions published between 1817 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 1,377 libraries worldwide
"Jean-Jacques Rousseau the writer-philosopher was a practicing musician and theorist for years before publication of his first Discourse, but scholars have neglected these fertile, inexhaustible ideas because they were either unavailable in a critical edition or viewed as standing outside the aegis of his system of thought." "This graceful translation remedies both those failings by bringing together the Essay with a comprehensive selection of the musical writings. Many of the latter are responses to authors like Rameau, Grimm, and Raynal, and a unique feature of this edition is the inclusion of writings by these authors to help establish the historical and ideological context of Rousseau's writings and the intellectual exchanges of which they are a part."--BOOK JACKET.

Profession of faith of a Savoyard vicar by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
83 editions published between 1764 and 2010 in 7 languages and held by 1,337 libraries worldwide
A fictitious vicar pours from his heart at length to a young listener Rousseau's principles of religious faith.

Political writings by Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( Book )
36 editions published between 1915 and 1996 in 3 languages and held by 911 libraries worldwide