ERNST CASSIRER The Question of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by PETER GAY Bloomington Indiana University PressAgere Copyright © 194 by Peer J.Gay Coptgh © 963 by ndana University Pres Mind Bask eon 1 by sangeet with ‘Curia Uaiverty Pre Mansacture inthe United Snes of America PREFACE TO MIDLAND BOOK EDITION eer demain opp ro ‘Spey hn lina ey mv fo sabre Tek ptr ten Peston ped el = tof Rome ely of Roe py Zeweesa a ace ee ie tom mp Ata denon Osten TES rl wr sete ws Screen dt logo rams Ramen a Eee rece aces Fee cahlgan emer clin laste of rk? Gor Fee eee Sarees Coane Ria isie sired ec abana tence ou Suet Se ee ese aene Phe Bagel, La piso de Paine de [Ronen (Pai, ie Cat Jam any (Pigs, 3 vo Mich he cot hogar m ah Gren, fm arp Row A ied Sindy of fs fed Wigs (Cag Engl 93) aie hit th penal weak So Noun plwithout being igraphy, anda pelo analyse that eat content with mee enalieimdrcwe. To Strbiaki, the inner drama of Rows ithe conic of his dese for *ranapaency”— foe cry and honesy—ith the “obacle™thefrntations im ved by inner turmoil and external diicuies* ‘While thse bok ave psd beyond Canter, they have ted ‘he methods o confemed the stare of Came ey. Indeed, Burges exp echoes Cazes methodological principle that "Renee's fundamental though, alkoogh it had immediate vigin in his nature and individual, was eter Gzcumseibed by no bound to that individual penalty tht in its maturity and efetion ths thought pus before ws an objective formulation of questions; and that this formulation is aid no fr him or is ra lone but conti in all sharpest and defnitenes, an inner, ily objeive see." Wish this principle, worked oat ia ‘hoe recent books, we cas hop thatthe expectation of a omplete ography of Roueau may son be reed a work that will do cvewbanded justice tall he dimensions of his He, his though, ‘is times, and his iamporance. When tat biography is wren, it willbe payehologcal analysand lierry rics, pli vheary nd sca hinory, cations progam and phiksopbical peal ‘on. And when iwriten, if predic that suoe wil ave been Signin infcaced by Eros Casi’ Quention of Tes Jacquet Rowseat, Jom Sei eae Re! La rape bie (eateogn) Tames coda onl pare Rou wa, Bena (Greets vrei sp), cosh oe pci potent ‘Sianeli coe my oro see san ft ek ec iets Kor at pee in penn orang ee a, Satyr pp of dee ‘Benin oka tress, CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ‘THE QUESTION OF JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 19