Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time-must be reckoned The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and transactions of…

Demonstrates how the growth of civilization corrupts man’s natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

This work is in the "public…

Studies of Rousseau generally concentrate on the social-theoretical rather than the institutional aspects of his thought. This work offers a complementary perspective, focusing on Rousseau’s problematic relationship to institutions and…

One of history’s most prominent and important figures, this book gives an insightful glimpse into the life of the man who was Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Widely considered the first modern autobiography, the Confessions influenced memoirs, fiction, poetry, and philosophy. Rousseau’s opposition to inequality and emphasis on individual worth constituted a major contribution to progressive social…

A Norton Library edition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, translated by Julia Conaway Bondanella and edited by Frederick Neuhouser –

"The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" is an autobiographical work by the French philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In the book, Rousseau recounts the events of his life, from his childhood…