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A Short Biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Author Name:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Born As:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Other Names:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Born:

28 Jun 1712

Died:

2 Jul 1778




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Philosopher, writer, theorist and composer                          
Selected Works:

Discourse on the Arts and Sciences - Discours sur les sciences et les arts - 1750
Narcissus - or The Self-Admirer: A Comedy - 1752
Le Devin du Village: an opera - 1752
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men - Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes - 1754
Discourse on Political Economy - 1755
Letter to M. D'Alembert on Spectacles - 1758 Lettre à d'Alembert sur les spectacles
Julie - or the New Heloise Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse - 1761
Émile: or - on Education - Émile ou de l'éducation - 1762
The Creed of a Savoyard Priest - 1762 - in Émile
The Social Contract - or Principles of Political Right - Du contrat social - 1762
Four Letters to M. de Malesherbes - 1762
Letters Written from the Mountain - 1764 - Lettres de la montagne
Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Les Confessions - 1770 - published 1782
Constitutional Project for Corsica - 1772
Considerations on the Government of Poland - 1772
Essay on the origin of language - published 1781 = Essai sur l'origine des langues
Reveries of a Solitary Walker - incomplete - published 1782 - Rêveries du promeneur solitaire
Dialogues: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques - published 1782

Editions in English:

Basic Political Writings - trans. Donald A. Cress. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing - 1987.
Collected Writings - ed. Roger D. Masters and Christopher Kelly - Dartmouth: University Press of New England - 1990-2005 - 11 vols. Does not as yet include Émile.
The Confessions - trans. Angela Scholar - 2000.
Emile - or On Education - trans. with an introd. by Allan Bloom - New York: Basic Books - 1979.
On the Origin of Language - trans. John H. Moran. In On the Origin of Language: Two Essays - 1986.
Reveries of a Solitary Walker - trans. Peter France - 1980.
'The Discourses' and Other Early Political Writings - trans. Victor Gourevitch - 1997.
'The Social Contract' and Other Later Political Writings - trans. Victor Gourevitch - 1997.
'The Social Contract - trans. Maurice Cranston - 1968-2007.                          
Mother Suzanne Bernard Rousseau
Father Isaac Rousseau