原版书名 The Discourses' and Other Early Political Writings
【内容简介】
The work of Jean - Jacques Rousseau is presented in the series Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought in two volumes, together forming the most comprehensive collection of Roussea`s political writings in English. This first volume contains the earlier writings, the Firs and Second Discourses ,the publication of which signalled the power and challenge of Rousseau`s thinding. It also includes Rousseau`s extensive Replies to critis of these Discourses. he Essay on the Origin of Lmguages and the Letter to Voltaire on Providence, as well as several neglected but important early writings, the Discourse on Heroic Virtue and the essay on the Method on the Composition of a Book. Broadly speaking these earlier writings may be viewed as primarily analytic or diagnostic.
Rousseau's influence was wide reaching, and has continued to grow since his derth in 1778: the American and the French Revolutions were profoundly affected by his thought, as were Romanticism and Idealism.
This volume, like its successor further provides extensive editorial material that should prove useful to both students and specialists of these seminal works: a comprehensive introduction, a chronology, a guide to further reading, a discussion of Rousseau's vocabulary, detailed editorial notes and an index. The translations are literal and consistent throughout.
VICTOR GOUREVITCH, the editor and translator, is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy at Wesleyan University.
【目录】
Preface
Introduction
Chronology of Fean-Facques Rousseau
A brief guide to further reading
A note on the texts
A note on the translations
A note on the editorial notes and index
Dicourse on the Sciences and Arts or First Discourse
Preface
PARTⅠ
PARTⅡ
Replies to Critics
Letter to M.l’Abbe Raynal
Observations
Letter to Grimm
Last Reply
Letter about a New Refutation
Preface to Narcissus
Preface of a Second Letter to Bordes
Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men or Second Discourse
Epistle Dedicatory
Preface
PARTⅠ
PARTⅡ
Rousseau's Notes
Replies to Critics
Letter to Philopolis
Reply to Charles-Georges Le Roy
Letter to Voltaire
Essay on the Origin of Languages
Idea of the Method in the Composition of a Book
Discourse on the Virtue a Hero Most Nedds or On Heroic Virtue
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