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Page vii
... . It is to examine — and , if possible , to explain - the relation between the individualist strain in Rousseau's work , the strain which comes to the surface in the Discours sur l'inégalité and Émile , and vii DU SOUVERAIN.
... . It is to examine — and , if possible , to explain - the relation between the individualist strain in Rousseau's work , the strain which comes to the surface in the Discours sur l'inégalité and Émile , and vii DU SOUVERAIN.
Page viii
... Émile , and his equally strong conviction that the individual , in his own interest , must be rigorously subordinated to the State : a conviction which lies at the root of the Économie politique , of the writings on Corsica and Poland ...
... Émile , and his equally strong conviction that the individual , in his own interest , must be rigorously subordinated to the State : a conviction which lies at the root of the Économie politique , of the writings on Corsica and Poland ...
Page xi
... Émile . It - or rather , the larger work , Institutions politiques , of which it is the only surviving fragment — was first conceived , as Rousseau himself tells us , nearly twenty years earlier , during his residence at Venice ( 1743 ...
... Émile . It - or rather , the larger work , Institutions politiques , of which it is the only surviving fragment — was first conceived , as Rousseau himself tells us , nearly twenty years earlier , during his residence at Venice ( 1743 ...
Page xiv
... Émile , which appeared at the same time as the Contrat social . Now it is not to be denied that the first impression left on our minds by the latter group of writings is strangely different from that left by the former . If in the ...
... Émile , which appeared at the same time as the Contrat social . Now it is not to be denied that the first impression left on our minds by the latter group of writings is strangely different from that left by the former . If in the ...
Page xv
... Emile . In both treatises alike , it is therefore not the State , but Society , which is the enemy . The truth is that ... Émile , iv . ( Œuvres , ii . pp . 182-85 ) ; Dialogue , i . ( Œuvres , ix . pp . 107-9 ) ; Lettre à Chr . de ...
... Emile . In both treatises alike , it is therefore not the State , but Society , which is the enemy . The truth is that ... Émile , iv . ( Œuvres , ii . pp . 182-85 ) ; Dialogue , i . ( Œuvres , ix . pp . 107-9 ) ; Lettre à Chr . de ...
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