The social contract & discoursesRousseau, Jean-Jacques
Philosophy
The social contract & discourses
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Economics; Political science -- Early works to 1800; Social contract
In French, there is a good cheap edition of Rousseau's complete works
published by Hachette in thirteen volumes. M. Dreyfus-Brisac's great
edition of the _Contrat Social_ is indispensable, and there is a good
small edition with notes by M. Georges Beaulavon. M. Faguet's study
of Rousseau in his _Dix-huitième siècle--études littéraires_ and his
_Politique comparée de Montesquieu, Voltaire et Rousseau_ are useful,
though I am seldom in agreement with them. M. Henri Rodet's _Le Contrat
Social et les idées politiques de J. J. Rousseau_ is useful, if not
inspired, and there are interesting works by MM. Chuquet, Fabre and
Lemaître. The French translation of Professor Höffding's little volume
on _Rousseau: sa vie et sa philosophie_ is admirable.
Miss Foxley's translation of the _Emile_, especially of Book V, should
be studied in connection with the _Social Contract_. A companion
volume, containing the _Letters on the Mount_ and other works, will be
issued shortly.
G.D.H.C.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PRINCIPAL WORKS: Article in the _Mercure_ in answer to one entitled
Si le monde que nous habitons est une sphère ou une sphéroïde, 1738;
Le Verger de Mme. de Warens, 1739; Sur la musique moderne, 1743; Si
le rétablissement des Sciences et des Arts a contribué à épurer les
Mœurs, prize essay, 1750, translated by R. Wynne, 1752, by anonymous
author, 1760, by H. Smithers, 1818; Devin du Village (opera), 1753,
translated by C. Burney, 1766; Narcisse, ou Amant de lui-même, 1753;
Lettre sur la musique Francaise, 1753; Sur l'origine de l'inégalité
parmi les hommes, 1755; Discours sur deux principes avancés par Rameau,
1755; Sur l'économie politique, 1758; Letter to d'Alembert on his
article Genève in the Encyclopédie, 1758, translated 17595 Lettres à
Voltaire, 1759; Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, first published under
the title of Lettres de deux amants, habitants d'une petite ville
au pied des Alpes, etc, 1761; Contrat Social, or Principes du droit
politique, 1762; Emile, ou De l'Education, 1762; Lettre à Christophe
de Beaumont, Archevêque de Paris, 1763; Allée de Silvie (poem), 1763;
Lettres écrites de la Montagne, 1764; De l'imitation théâtrale, 1764;
Dictionnaire de musique, 1767, translated by W. Waring, 1779; Lettres
sur son exil du Canton de Berne, 1770.
POSTHUMOUS WORKS: Emile et Sophie, 1780; Les consolations des misères
de ma vie, 1781; Considérations sur le gouvernement de Pologne, 1782;
Les Confessions, and Rêveries du Promeneur Solitaire, 4 vols., 1782-9;
Nouveau Dédale, 1801; La Botanique de J. J. Rousseau, 1805; translated,
with additional letters, by T. Martyn, 1785, 7th edition, 1807;
Testament de J. J. Rousseau, 1820.
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