1712-1778

Presents the autobiography of eighteenth-century novelist and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, chronicles his life from his childhood in Geneva and literary success in Paris to his persecution and exile by the government, and includes textual notes, bibliography, chronology, and explanatory notes.

Describes the Enlightenment period in Europe during the eighteenth century and the works of French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau including "Emile," "The Social Contract," and his "Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts," and examines his contribution to Denis Diderot's "Encyclopedia" and political comments on the American Revolution.