Rousseau, the Letter Writer
A new book by Christopher Kelly and Eve Grace explores the letters of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, including many previously left unpublished. These letters provide insight into the mind of the French thinker, a man whose ideas influenced revolutions and political thinking the world over.
Once upon a time people solved the problem of how to converse with those far away by setting pen to paper to write a letter that would, in due course, be delivered and savored before being answered. In the 17th and 18th centuries, among the luminaries of such centers of intellectual life as Amsterdam, Paris, London, Vienna, and Rome, correspondence was the foundation of the "Republic of Letters."
Timeless reading in a fleeting world.
Journalism
Commentary
Poetry
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