Jean Jacques Rousseau was born at Geneva, June 28, 1712, the son of a watchmaker of French origin. His education was irregular, and though he tried many ...more on ebook "A Discourse Upon the Origin and the..."

This collection of scattered thoughts and observations has little order or continuity; it was begun to give pleasure to a good mother who thinks for herself. ...more on ebook "Emile..."

If our politicians were less blinded by their ambition, they would see how impossible it is for any establishment whatever to act in the spirit of its ...more on ebook "A Discourse On Political Economy..."

The following, then, are the principles which ought, in my opinion, to serve as the basis for their laws: to make use of their own people and their own country ...more on ebook "Constitutional Project For Corsica..."

THE first and most important deduction from the principles we have so far laid down is that the general will alone can direct the State according to the object ...more on ebook "The Social Contract Or Principles O..."

Of the different works I had upon the stocks, that I had longest resolved in my mind which was most to my taste; to which I destined a certain portion of my ...more on ebook "The Confessions Of Jean Jacques Rou..."