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Page xi
... years earlier , during his residence at Venice ( 1743-44 ) . But we know that he did not begin to work at his design until 1750 or 1751- that is , we may fairly assume , until after the publication of his first Discourse ( Jan. 1751 ) ...
... years earlier , during his residence at Venice ( 1743-44 ) . But we know that he did not begin to work at his design until 1750 or 1751- that is , we may fairly assume , until after the publication of his first Discourse ( Jan. 1751 ) ...
Page xii
... year or two later , the wind was blowing from the opposite quarter . Under the stress of invasion and civil war , in the fury of suspicion and hatred they inevitably excited , individual liberty was thrown to the winds ; everything was ...
... year or two later , the wind was blowing from the opposite quarter . Under the stress of invasion and civil war , in the fury of suspicion and hatred they inevitably excited , individual liberty was thrown to the winds ; everything was ...
Page xiv
... year of the Économie politique , and 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 ...
... year of the Économie politique , and 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 ...
Page xvii
... years and with experience . And until it comes , the primitive instinct is nothing more than a blind impulse of pity for the sufferings of others , a pity which to some extent is shared even by the brutes.2 But , directly it does come ...
... years and with experience . And until it comes , the primitive instinct is nothing more than a blind impulse of pity for the sufferings of others , a pity which to some extent is shared even by the brutes.2 But , directly it does come ...
Page xxxiv
... year before Rousseau's first notable book , the Discourse on the Arts and Sciences , was written . Unlike most of his contemporaries , Rousseau saw the immense im- portance of it from the first.2 But his mind was essentially 1 C.S. III ...
... year before Rousseau's first notable book , the Discourse on the Arts and Sciences , was written . Unlike most of his contemporaries , Rousseau saw the immense im- portance of it from the first.2 But his mind was essentially 1 C.S. III ...
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