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on Rousseau, ii. 41 _n._; lines in the Task, ii. 253; his delusions, ii. 301.

Cynicism, Rousseau's assumption of, i. 206.

D'AIGUILLON, ii. 72.

D'Alembert, i. 89; Voltaire's staunchest henchman, i. 321; his article on Geneva, i. 321; on Stage Plays, i. 326, _n._; on Position of Women in Society, i. 335; on Rousseau's letter on the Theatre, i. 336; suspected by Rousseau of having written the pretended letter from Frederick of Prussia, ii. 288; advises Hume to publish account of Rousseau's quarrel with him, ii. 294.

D'Argenson, ii. 180.

Dates of Rousseau's letters to be relied on, not those of the Confessions, i. 93.

Davenport, Mr., provides Rousseau with a home at Wootton, ii. 286; his kindness to Rousseau, ii. 306.

Deism, Rousseau's, ii. 260-275; that of others, ii. 262-265; shortcomings of Rousseau's, ii. 270.

Democracy defined, ii. 168; rejected by Rousseau, as too perfect for men, ii. 171.

D'Epinay, Madame, i. 194, 195, 205; gives the Hermitage to Rousseau, i. 229, _n._; his quarrels with, i. 271; his relations with, i. 273, 276; journey to Geneva of, i. 284; squabbles arising out of, between, and Rousseau, Diderot, and Grimm, i. 285-290; mentioned, ii. 7, 26, 197; wrote on education, ii. 199; applies to secretary of police to prohibit Rousseau's readings from his Confessions, ii. 324.

D'Epinay, Monsieur, i. 254; ii. 26.

Descartes, i. 87, 225; ii. 267.

Deux Ponts, Duc de, Rousseau's rude reply to, i. 207.

D'Holbach, i. 192; Rousseau's dislike of his materialistic friends, i. 223; ii. 37, 256.

D'Houdetot, Madame, i. 255-270; Madame d'Epinay's jealousy of, i. 278; mentioned, ii. 7; offers Rousseau a home in Normandy, ii. 117.

Diderot, i. 64, 89, 133; tries to manage Rousseau, i. 213; his domestic misconduct, i. 215; leader of the materialistic party, i. 223; on Solitary Life, i. 232; his active life, i. 233; without moral sensitiveness, i. 262; mentioned, i. 262, 269, 271; ii. 8; his relations with Rousseau, i. 271; accused of pilfering Goldoni's new play, i. 275; his relations and contentions with Rousseau, i. 275, 276; lectures Rousseau about Madame d'Epinay, i. 284; visits Rousseau after his leaving the Hermitage, i. 289; Rousseau's final breach with, i. 336; his criticism, and plays, ii. 34; his defects, ii. 34; thrown into prison, ii. 57; his difficulties with the Encyclopædists, ii. 57; his papers saved from the police by Malesherbes, ii. 62.

Dijon, academy of, i. 132.

Discourses, The, Circumstances of the composition of the first Discourse, i. 133-136; summary of it, i. 138-145 disastrous effect of the progress of sciences and arts, i. 140, 141; error more dangerous than truth useful, i. 141; uselessness of learning and art, i. 141, 142; terrible disorders caused in Europe by the art of printing, i. 143; two kinds of ignorance, i. 144; the relation of this Discourse to Montaigne, i. 145; its one-sidedness and hollowness, i. 148; shown by Voltaire, i. 148; its positive side, i. 149, 150; second Discourse, origin of the Inequality of Man, i. 154; summary of it, i. 159, 170; state of nature, i. 150, 162; Hobbes's mistake, i. 161; what broke up the "state of nature," i. 164; its preferableness, i. 166, 167; origin of society and laws, i. 168; "new state of nature," i. 169; main position of the Discourse, i. 169; its utter inclusiveness, i. 170; criticism on its method, i. 170; on its matter, i. 172; wanting in evidence, i. 172; further objections to it, i. 173; assumes uniformity of process, i. 176; its unscientific character, i. 177; its real importance, i. 178; its protest against the mockery of civilisation, i. 178; equality of man, i. 181; different effects of this doctrine in France and the United States explained, i. 182, 183; discovers a reaction against the historical method of Montesquieu,