If the greatness of a philosophical work can be measured by the volume and vehemence of
the public response, there is little question that Rousseau's Social Contract stands out as a …

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Adam Smith are giants of eighteenth century thought. The
heated controversy provoked by their competing visions of human nature and society still …

Rousseau is well-known for his work on education, entitled Emile, or On Education, and
equally vilified for the gendered education presented in its concluding chapter. This is not …

This thesis attempts to offer a comprehensive account of the problem of amourpropre in the
works of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It is divided into two parts. In the first part (the Introduction …

Whether or not Rousseau's Social Contract is a utopian text is a matter of longstanding
debate. This article suggests that the answer to this question is not a simple one …

The article argues that Rousseau´ s fairy tale" La Reine Fantasque"(1754-1756) must be
read in direct connection with his theory of government, thus clarifying the actual meaning of …

Abstract Jean-Jacques Rousseau's main work in political philosophy, the Social Contract,
contains two beginnings; on the one hand, it commences, quite conventionally, with a social …

In book 5 of his historically controversial autobiography, the Confessions, Jean-Jacques
Rousseau describes his involvement in a perfectly harmonious ménage à trois centered …

Love letters during the Napoleonic wars were largely framed by concepts of love which were
promoted through novels and philosophy. The standard texts, so to speak, which were …

The multi-genre combination of philosophic and literary expression in Rousseau's Emile
provides an opportunity to explore the relationship between the novelistic structure of this …