[CHAPTER I.]

Preliminary.

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The Revolution [1]
Rousseau its most direct speculative precursor [2]
His distinction among revolutionists [4]
His personality [5]

[CHAPTER II.]

Youth.

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Birth and descent [8]
Predispositions [10]
First lessons [11]
At M. Lambercier's [15]
Early disclosure of sensitive temperament [19]
Return to Geneva [20]
Two apprenticeships [26]
Flight from Geneva [30]
Savoyard proselytisers [31]
Rousseau sent to Anncey, and thence to Turin [34]
Conversion to Catholicism [35]
Takes service with Madame de Vercellis [39]
Then with the Count de Gouvon [42]
Returns to vagabondage [43]
And to Madame de Warens [45]

[CHAPTER III.]

Savoy.

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Influence of women upon Rousseau [46]
Account of Madame de Warens [48]
Rousseau takes up his abode with her [54]
His delight in life with her [54]
The seminarists [57]
To Lyons [58]
Wanderings to Freiburg, Neuchâtel, and elsewhere [60]
Through the east of France [62]
Influence of these wanderings upon him [67]
Chambéri [69]
Household of Madame de Warens [70]
Les Charmettes [73]
Account of his feeling for nature [79]
His intellectual incapacity at this time [83]
Temperament [84]
Literary interests, and method [85]
Joyful days with his benefactress [90]
To Montpellier: end of an episode [92]
Dates [94]

[CHAPTER IV.]