Rousseau on Philosophy, Morality, and Religion

The pioneering collection "Rousseau on Philosophy, Morality, and Religion" brings together Rousseau's key published and unpublished (in English translation), writings on philosophy, morality, and religion. This comprehensive, tightly constructed anthology can easily stand alone or serve as an exceptional companion to Rousseau's "First and Second Discourses" and "Social Contract". Readers will find herein the definitive translation of the key essay on the "Origin of Languages", rarer works such as the "Four Letters to M. the President de Malesherbes" - containing one of Rousseau's most important statements about his thought and its origin and development - and much more.Less well-known, less accessible, and frequently overlooked, these brilliant shorter pieces in many ways encapsulate Rousseau's thought more directly or more simply than do his longer works. Editor Chris Kelly's incisive preface and introduction neatly contextualize the eleven primary selections, and a Rousseau chronology and bibliography round out the collection.