Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Major Works

Major Works

  • Dissertation sur la musique moderne, 1736
  • Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (Discours sur les sciences et les arts), 1750
  • Narcissus, or The Self-Admirer: A Comedy, 1752
  • Le Devin du Village: an opera, 1752, score PDF (21.7 MB)
  • Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men (Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes), 1754
  • Discourse on Political Economy, 1755
  • Letter to M. D'Alembert on Spectacles, 1758 (Lettre à d'Alembert sur les spectacles)
  • Julie, or the New Heloise (Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse), 1761
  • Émile: or, on Education (Émile ou de l'éducation), 1762
  • The Creed of a Savoyard Priest, 1762 (in Émile)
  • The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right (Du contrat social), 1762
  • Four Letters to M. de Malesherbes, 1762
  • Pygmalion: a Lyric Scene, 1762
  • Letters Written from the Mountain, 1764 (Lettres de la montagne)
  • Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Les Confessions), 1770, published 1782
  • Constitutional Project for Corsica, 1772
  • Considerations on the Government of Poland, 1772
  • Essay on the Origin of Languages, published 1781 (Essai sur l'origine des langues)
  • Reveries of a Solitary Walker, incomplete, published 1782 (Rêveries du promeneur solitaire)
  • Dialogues: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques, published 1782

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