The abbreviations that appear in citations refer to the following editions of Rousseau’s works in English. Wherever possible, editions that the author has cited in print and therefore implicitly approved have been used.
AE |
‘Articles from the Encyclopedia,’ in Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music, trans. John T. Scott, vol. 7 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 198–221. |
C |
The Confessions, trans. J. M. Cohen (London, 1953). |
DB |
‘Fragments for a Dictionary of Terms of Usage in Botany’, in The Reveries of the Solitary Walker, Botanical Writings, and Letter to Franquières, trans. Charles Butterworth, Alexandra Cook and Terence Marshall, vol. 8 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 100–29. |
DI |
Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men, in The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 111–22. |
DM |
Dictionary of Music, in Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music, trans. John T. Scott, vol. 7 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 366–485. |
DSA |
Discourse on the Sciences and Arts, in The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 1–110. |
E |
Emile or On Education, trans. with notes and an introduction by Allan Bloom (London, 1991). |
EOL |
Essay on the Origin of Languages, in The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 247–99. |
ES |
Emile and Sophie; or, The Solitaires, in Emile or On Education: Includes Emile and Sophie, or the Solitaires, vol. 13 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 685–722. |
ETP |
‘Examination of Two Principles Advanced by M. Rameau,’ in Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music, trans. John T. Scott, vol. 7 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 271–88. |
GM |
‘Geneva Manuscript’, in The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 153–61. |
J |
Julie, or the New Heloise, trans. Philip Stewart and Jean Vaché, vol. 6 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010). |
JP |
Judgment on the Polysynody, in The Plan for Perpetual Peace, On the Government of Poland, and Other Writings On History and Politics, trans. Christopher Kelly and Judith Bush, vol. 11 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 91–99. |
LD |
Politics and the Arts: Letter to M. d’Alembert on the Theatre, trans. with notes and an introduction by Allan Bloom (Ithaca, N.Y., 1977). |
LFM |
Letter on French Music, in Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music, trans. John T. Scott, vol. 7 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 141–74. |
LG |
Letter to M. Grimm on the Subject of the Remarks Added to his Letter on Omphale, in Essay on the Origin of Languages and Writings Related to Music, trans. John T. Scott, vol. 7 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 121–32. |
LV |
Letter to Voltaire, in The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 232–46. |
LWM |
Letters Written From the Mountain, in Letters to Beaumont, Letters Written From the Mountain, and Related Writings, ed. Christopher Kelly and Eve Grace, trans. Christopher Kelly and Judith Bush, vol. 9 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 131–306. |
ML |
Moral Letters, in Autobiographical, Scientific, Religious, Moral and Literary Writings, trans. Christopher Kelly, vol. 12 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 175–203. |
LR |
‘Last Reply’, in The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 63–85. |
P |
Considerations on the Government of Poland, in The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 177–260. |
PCC |
‘Plan for a Constitution for Corsica’, in The Plan for Perpetual Peace, On the Government of Poland, and Other Writings On History and Politics, trans. Judith Bush, Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly, vol. 11 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 123–55. |
PE |
Discourse on Political Economy, in The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 3–38. |
PEM |
‘Project for the Education of Monsieur de Sainte-Marie’, in Autobiographical, Scientific, Religious, Moral and Literary Writings, trans. Christopher Kelly, vol. 12 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 116–29. |
PN |
‘Preface to Narcissus’, in The Discourses and Other Early Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 92–106. |
R |
Reveries of the Solitary Walker, trans. with an introduction by Peter France (London, 1979). |
RJ |
Rousseau, Judge of Jean-Jacques: Dialogues, trans. Judith Bush, Christopher Kelly and Roger Master, vol. 1 of The Collected Writings of Rousseau, ed. Roger Masters and Christopher Kelly (Hanover, N.H., 1990–2010), pp. 1–258. |
SC |
Of the Social Contract, in The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 39–152. |
SW |
‘The State of War’, in The Social Contract and Other Later Political Writings, ed. and trans. Victor Gourevitch (Cambridge, 1997), pp. 162–76. |
