Published between 1762 and 1765, these writings are the last works Rousseau wrote for publication during his lifetime. Responding in each to the censorship and

The essays in this volume focus on Rousseau's genuine yet undervalued stature as a philosopher.

The acclaimed series The Collected Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau concludes with a volume centering on Emile (1762), which Rousseau called his “greatest an

Although it originated in theological debates, the general will ultimately became one of the most celebrated and denigrated concepts emerging from early modern