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Contains the entire First Discourse, contemporary attacks on it, Rousseaus replies to his critics, and his summary of the debate in his preface to Narcissus. A number of these texts have never before been available in English. The First Discourse and Polemics demonstrate the continued relevance of Rousseaus thought. Whereas his critics argue for correction of the excesses and corruptions of knowledge and the sciences as sufficient, Rousseau attacks the social and political effects of the dominant forms of scientific knowledge.
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Discourse On the Sciences and Arts (First Discourse) ; And, Polemics Works
author
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques.; Masters, Roger D.; Kelly, Christopher; Bush, Judith R.
publisher
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University Press of New England
isbn10 | asin
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0874515807
print isbn13
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9780874515800
ebook isbn13
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9780585336428
language
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English
subject
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,--1712-1778--Translations into English.
publication date
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1992
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PQ2034.A3 1990 vol. 2eb
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848/.509 s
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques,--1712-1778--Translations into English.
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Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (First Discourse) and Polemics
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Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (First Discourse) and Polemics
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Collected Writings of Rousseau Vol. 2
Edited by Roger D. Masters and Christopher Kelly
Translated by Judith R. Bush, Roger D. Masters, and Christopher Kelly
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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Published by University Press of New England, Hanover, NH 03755 1992 by the Trustees of Dartmouth College All rights reserved Printed in the United States ofAmerica 5 4 3 2 1
CIP data appear at the end of the book
This project has been supported by the French Ministry of CultureDirection du Livre et de la Lecture, Pro Helvetia, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Translation Fund. Frontispiece: Engraving by Coteau, based on a plaster cast of Rousseau's head; lithographed by Villain. Private Collection.
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CONTENTS
Preface
vii
Chronology of Works in Volume 2
ix
Introduction
xi
Note on the Text
xxv
Discourse on the Sciences and Arts (First Discourse)
1
Observations on the Discourse
(Abb Ravnal)
23
Letter to M. the Abb Raynal
(J.-J. Rousseau)
25
Reply to the Discourse... by the King of Poland
(King Stanislaus)
28
Observations by Jean-Jacques Rousseau of Geneva
(J.-J. Rousseau)
37
Refutation of the Observations
(Lecat)
55
Refutation... by Mr. Gautier
(Gautier)
70
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Letter... to Mr. Grimm
(J.-J. Rousseau)
84
Discourse on the Advantages of the Sciences and Arts
(Charles Bordes)
93
Final Reply
(J.-J. Rousseau)
110
Refutation... by an Academician of Dijon
(Lecat)
130
Letter by Jean-Jacques Rousseau [to Lecat]
(J.-J. Rousseau)
175
Disclaimer of the Dijon Academy
(Petit)
180
Preface to a Second Letter to Bordes
(J.-J. Rousseau)
182
Preface to Narcissus: Or the Lover of Himself
(J.-J. Rousseau)
186
Notes
199
Index
225
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PREFACE
Although Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a significant figure in the Western tradition, there is no standard edition of his major writings available in English. Unlike those of other thinkers of comparable stature, moreover, many of Rousseau's important works either have never been translated or have become unavailable. The present edition of the Collected Writings of Rousseau is intended to meet this need.
Our goal is to produce a series that can provide a standard reference for scholarship that is accessible to all those wishing to read broadly in the corpus of Rousseau's work. To this end, the translations seek to combine care and faithfulness to the original French text with readability in English. Although, as every translator knows, there are often passages where it is impossible to meet this criterion, readers of a thinker and writer of Rousseau's stature deserve texts that have not been deformed by the interpretive bias of the translators or editors.
Wherever possible, existing translations of high quality have been used, although in some cases the editors have felt minor revisions were necessary to maintain the accuracy and consistency of the English versions. Where there was no English translation (or none of sufficient quality), a new translation has been prepared.
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