Victor Gourevitch is the William Griffin Professor of Philosophy (Emeritus) at Wesleyan University, Connecticut.

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• Preface; Introduction; Chronology of Jean-Jacques Rousseau; A brief guide to further reading; A note on the texts; A note on the translations; A note on the editorial notes and index; Discourse on the Sciences and Arts or First Discourse; Preface; Part I; Part II; Replies to Critics; Letter to M. l'Abbé Raynal; Observations [to Stanislas, King of Poland]; Letter to Grimm; Last Reply; Letter about a New Refutation; Preface to Narcissus; Preface of a Second Letter to Bordes; Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men or Second Discourse; Epistle Dedicatory; Preface; Exordium; Part I; Part II; Rousseau's notes; Replies to critics; Letter to Philopolis; Reply to Charles-Georges Le Roy; Letter to Voltaire; Essay on the Origin of Languages; Idea of the method in the composition of a book; Discourse on the Virtue a Hero Most Needs or On Heroic Virtue; List of abbreviations and textual conventions; Editorial notes; Index of editors, translators, and annotators; General index.