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The Norton Library edition of Rousseau's Discourse features an inviting and readable translation by Julia Conaway Bondanella that makes the text accessible to the modern English reader while faithfully preserving the power and clarity of Rousseau's voice and style of argumentation. A thorough introduction by Frederick Neuhouserone of the most brilliant philosophical readers of Rousseau that we have (Christopher Brooke)provides historical and intellectual context for the Discourse and its major arguments. Annotations throughout the text clarify obscure or ambiguous terms and references.

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

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    A Paperback / softback by Jean Jacques Rousseau, Julia Conaway Bondanella, Frederick Neuhouser

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      Publisher WW Norton & Co
      Published 11 March 2022
      ISBN-13 9780393441246
      978-0393441246
      ISBN-10 0393441245
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      Books by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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      Book Synopsis
      The Norton Library edition of Rousseau's Discourse features an inviting and readable translation by Julia Conaway Bondanella that makes the text accessible to the modern English reader while faithfully preserving the power and clarity of Rousseau's voice and style of argumentation. A thorough introduction by Frederick Neuhouserone of the most brilliant philosophical readers of Rousseau that we have (Christopher Brooke)provides historical and intellectual context for the Discourse and its major arguments. Annotations throughout the text clarify obscure or ambiguous terms and references.

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