Delphi Collected Works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Illustrated)

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By Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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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