Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. As the events in Rousseau’s career are touched upon by the last three selections and are necessarily referred to both in the Introduction and the Notes, no extended ‘biography was thought necessary and the reader will find merely a brief summary If the more important facts in ‘his life fol lowing this preface.