The Essential Writings of Rousseau (Modern Library Classics)Newly translated by Peter Constantine Edited and with an Introduction by Leo Damrosch The Essential Writings of Rousseau collects the best and most indispensable work of one of the worlds most influential writers. A towering figure of Enlightenment thought, Jean Jacques Rousseau was also one of that movements most passionate and persuasive critics. His extraordinarily original observations on politics, education, and human nature were provocative in