Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Donald A. Cress (Translator), James Miller (Introduction)

Overview

Donald Cress's highly regarded translation, based on the critical Pléiade edition of 1964, is here issued with a lively introduction by James Miller, who brings into sharp focus the cultural and intellectual milieu in which Rousseau operated. This new edition includes a select bibliography, a note on the text, a translator’s note, and Rousseau’s own Notes on the Discourse.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872201507
Publisher:	Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
Publication date:	11/15/1992
Series:	Hackett Classics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Donald A. Cress is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of ?Wisconsin, Parkside. His translations of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy and Discourse on Method are also published by Hackett.