The Reveries of the Solitary Walker, Botanical Writings, and Letter to Franquières (Collected Writings of Rousseau)
Brand: Dartmouth College Press
Categories: Books, Politics & Social Sciences, Philosophy



Dimensions: 6.25 x 1.2 x 9.25 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1584650072
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1584650079
Publisher: Dartmouth College Press
Print length: 377 pages
Publication date: January 1, 2000
subtitle: Hardcover – January 1, 2000
author: Visit Amazon's Jean-Jacques Rousseau Page search results Jean-Jacques Rousseau Christopher Kelly Charles E. Butterworth Alexandra Cook Terence E. Marshall
review: Editorial Reviews Review “We botanists should be indebted to historian Alexandra Cook, not only for her offering such a complete rendition of Rousseau’s botanical writings . . . but also for the translations themselves, her marvelously detailed annotations and editing of the botanical writings, and her coauthored introduction . . . volume 8 on Rousseau’s botanical writings is immensely important to the history of botany and should not be overlooked by biology or botany libraries.” (TAXON) “This will be a useful source for anyone who needs to know something about ‘Rousseau’s botany’ and the letters themselves are beautifully fresh and lively, despite the formalities of style.” (The Society for the History of Natural History) From the Publisher 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 trim. LC 99-39783 About the Author Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) was a leading Genevan philosopher and political theorist and one of the key figures of the Enlightenment. Christopher Kelly is a professor of political science at Boston College. He is the author of Rousseau’s Exemplary Life and coeditor of The Collected Writings of Rousseau . Read more