V, 37: Herder agrees with Rousseau in that language is not the result of convention and agreement.
VI, 250: Reference is made to Rousseau’s Pygmalion.
VII, 65: Herder in his discussion concerning the fall of man quotes Rousseau with reference to the tree of knowledge and the fall of man.
VII, 74: Herder calls Rousseau one of the greatest lights of his times.
X, 298: Herder says Rousseau’s Confessions and other writings contain excellent passages for philosophy and natural theology. Many of these writings have suffered evil repute (übel berüchtigt.)
XV, 248: Herder calls Rousseau a great, wonderful man.
XVI, 26: Herder calls Rousseau a teacher of wisdom and morals.
XVII, 190: Herder speaks of Rousseau as a good man who exaggerates and who in his phantasy is an idealist for the good.
XVII, 326: Herder says in his own day (bis in unsern Tagen) Rousseau’s Social Contract has had an effect that its author had scarcely expected.
XVIII, 359 and 371: Herder says that in his own time (in unserer Zeit), Rousseau’s Confessions have aroused a great sensation. He quotes from them.