Discourse on the Sciences and Arts or First Discourse 1
Preface 4
Part Ⅰ 6
Part Ⅱ 16
Replies to Critics Letter to M.I'Abbé Raynal 29
Observations[to Stanislas,King of Poland] 32
Letter to Grimm 52
Last Reply 63
Letter about a New Refutation 86
Preface to Narcissus 92
Preface of a Second Letter to Bordes 107
Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men or Second Discourse 111
Epistle Dedicatory 114
Preface 124
Exordium 131
Part Ⅰ 134
Part Ⅱ 161
Rousseau's Notes 189
Replies to Critics Letter to Philopolis 223
Reply to Charles-Georges Le Roy 229
Letter to Voltaire 232
Essay on the Origin of Languages 247
Idea of the Method in the Composition of a Book 300
Discourse on the Virtue a Hero Most Needs or On Heroic Virtue 305
List of abbreviations and textual conventions 317
Editorial notes 320
Index of editors,translators,and annotators 417
General index 419