THE REVERIES OF THE SOLITARY WALKERBy Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Read by Matthew Lloyd Davies
4 hours 39 minutes
The Reveries of the Solitary Walker was one of the last works written by the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and was, in fact, not quite complete. It was published four years after his death and came quickly to be regarded as one of his most poetic works. Continue Reading →
EMILE or ON EDUCATIONBy Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Read by Jonathan Booth
22 hours 42 minutes
The Social Contract and Discourse on Inequality may be the two principal philosophical works for which Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is remembered today, but his educational treatise-novel, Emile or On Education can claim to be an equally important and, for its time, radical work. Published in 1762, it had a profound impact on the approach to the education and upbringing of a child, through infancy, childhood, adolescence and into adulthood. Continue Reading →
