Chapter 39

Rousseau's deism, ii. 258, 260, 264-267, 269, 270, 276; its inadequacy for the wants of men, ii. 267-270; his position towards Christianity, ii. 270-276; real satisfaction of the religious emotions, ii. 275-280.

Encyclopædia, The, D'Alembert's article on Geneva in, i. 321.

Encyclopædists, the society of, confirms Rousseau's religious faith, i. 221; referred to, ii. 257.

Evil, discussions on Rousseau's, Voltaire's, and De Maistre's teachings concerning, i. 313, _n._, 318; different effect of existence of, on Rousseau and Voltaire, i. 319.

FÉNELON, ii. 37, 248; Rousseau's veneration for, ii. 321.

Ferguson, Adam, ii. 253.

Filmer contends that a man is not naturally free, ii. 126.

Foundling Hospital, Rousseau sends his children to the, i. 120.

France, debt of, to Rousseau, i. 3; Rousseau the one great religious writer of, in the eighteenth century, i. 26; his wanderings in the east of, i. 61; his fondness for, i. 62-72; establishment of local academies in, i. 132; decay in, of Greek literary studies, i. 146; effects in, of doctrine of equality of man, i. 182; effects in, of Montesquieu's "Spirit of Laws," i. 183; amiability of, in the eighteenth century, i. 187; effect of Rousseau's writings in, i. 187; collective organisation in, i. 222; St. Pierre's strictures on government of, i. 244; Rousseau on government of, i. 246; effect of Rousseau's spiritual element on, i. 306; patriotism wanting in, i. 332; difficulties of authorship in, ii. 55-64; buys Corsica from the Genoese, ii. 102; state of, after 1792, apparently favourable to the carrying out of Rousseau's political views, ii. 131, 132; in 1793, ii. 135; haunted by narrow and fervid minds, ii. 142.

Francueil, Rousseau's patron, i. 99; grandfather of Madame George Sand, i. 99, _n._; Rousseau's salary from, i. 120; country-house of, i. 196.

Franklin, Benjamin, ii. 42.

Frederick of Prussia, relations between, and Rousseau, ii. 73-78; "famous bull" of, ii. 90.

Freeman on Growth of English Constitution, ii. 164.

French, principles of, revolution, i. 1, 2, 3; process and ideas of, i. 4; Rousseau of old, stock, i. 8; poetry, Rousseau on, i. 90, _ib. n._; melody, i. 105; academy, thesis for prize, i. 150, _n._; philosophers, i. 202, music, i. 291; music, its pretensions demolished by Rousseau, i. 294; ecclesiastics opposed to the theatre, ii. 322; stage, Rousseau on, i. 325; morals, depravity of, ii. 26, 27; Barbier on, ii. 26; thought, benefit, or otherwise of revolution on, ii. 54; history, evil side of, in Rousseau's time, ii. 56; indebted to Holland for freedom of the press, ii. 59; catholic and monarchic absolutism sunk deep into the character of the, ii. 167.

French Convention, story of member of the, ii. 134, _n._

GALUPPI, effect of his music, i. 105.

Geneva, i. 8; characteristics of its people, i. 9; Rousseau's visit to, i. 93; influence of, on Rousseau, i. 94; he revisits it in 1754, i. 186-190, 218; turns Protestant again there, i. 220; religious opinion in, i. 223 (also i. 224, _n._); Rousseau thinks of taking up his abode in, i. 228; Voltaire at, i. 308; D'Alembert's article on, in Encyclopædia, i. 321; Rousseau's notions of effect of introducing the drama at, i. 327; council of, order public burning of Emilius and the Social Contract, and arrest of the author if he came there, ii. 72; the only place where the Social Contract was actually burnt, ii. 73, _n._; Voltaire suspected to have had a hand in the matter, ii. 81; council of, divided into two camps by Rousseau's condemnation, in 1762, ii. 102; Rousseau renounces his citizenship in, ii. 104; working of the republic, ii. 104.

Genevese, Bishop Burnet on, i. 225; Rousseau's distrust of, i. 228; his panegyric on, i. 328; manners of, according to Rousseau, i. 330; their complaint of it, i. 331.

Genlis, Madame de, ii. 323.

Genoa, Rousseau in quarantine at, i. 103; Corsica sold to France by, ii. 102.

Germany, sentimental movements in, ii. 33.

Gibbon, Edward, at Lausanne, ii. 96.

Girardin, St. Marc, on Rousseau, i. 111, _n._; on Rousseau's discussions, ii. 11, _n._; offers Rousseau a home, ii. 326.

Gluck, i. 291, 296; Rousseau quarrels with, for setting his music to French words, ii. 323.

Goethe, i. 20.

Goguet on Society, ii. 127, _n._; on tacit conventions, ii. 148, _n._; on law, ii. 153, _n._

Goldoni, Diderot accused of pilfering his new play, i. 275.

Gothic architecture denounced by Voltaire and Turgot, i. 294.

Gouvon, Count, Rousseau servant to, i. 42.

Government, disquisitions on, ii. 131-206; remarks on, ii. 131-141; early democratic ideas of, ii. 144-148; Hobbes' philosophy of, ii. 151; Rousseau's science of, ii. 155, 156; De la Rivière's science of, ii. 156, _n._; federation recommended by Rousseau to the Poles, ii. 166; three forms of government defined, ii. 169; definition inadequate, ii. 169; Montesquieu's definition, ii. 169; Rousseau's distinction between _tyrant_ and _despot_, ii. 169, _n._; his objection to democracy, ii. 172; to monarchy, ii. 173; consideration of aristocracy, ii. 174; his own scheme, ii. 175; Hobbes's "Passive Obedience," ii. 181, 182; social conscience theory, ii. 183-187; government made impossible by Rousseau's doctrine of social contract, ii. 188-192; Burke on expediency in, ii. 192; what a civilised nation is, ii. 194; Jefferson on, ii. 227, 228, _n._

Governments, earliest, how composed, i. 169.

Graffigny, Madame de, ii. 199.

Gratitude, Rousseau on, ii. 14, 15; explanation of his want of, ii. 70.

Greece, importance of history of, i. 184, and _ib._ _n._

Greek ideas, influence of, in France in the eighteenth century, i. 146.

Grenoble, i. 93.

Grétry, i. 292, 296; ii. 323.

Grimm, description of Rousseau by, i. 206; Rousseau's quarrels with, i. 279; letter of, about Rousseau and Diderot, i. 275; relations of, with Rousseau, i. 279; some account of his life, i. 279; his conversation with Madame d'Epinay, i. 281; criticism on Rousseau, i. 281; natural want of sympathy between the two, i. 282; Rousseau's quarrel with, i. 285-290; ii. 65, 199.

Grotius, on Government, ii. 148.

HÉBERT, ii. 178; prevents publication of a book in which the author professed his belief in a god, ii. 179.

Helmholtz, i. 299.

Helvétius, i. 191; ii. 65, 199.

Herder, ii. 251; Rousseau's influence on, ii. 315.

Hermitage, the, given to Rousseau by Madame d'Epinay, i. 229 (also _ib._ _n._); what his friends thought of it, i. 231; sale of, after the Revolution, i. 237, _n._; reasons for Rousseau's leaving, i. 286.

Hildebrand, i. 4.

Hobbes, i. 143, 161; his "Philosophy of Government," ii. 151; singular influence of, upon Rousseau, ii. 151, 183; essential difference between his views and those of Rousseau, ii. 159; on Sovereignty, ii. 162; Rousseau's definition of the three forms of government adopted by, inadequate, ii. 168; would reduce spiritual and temporal jurisdiction to one political unity, ii. 183.

Holbachians, i. 337; ii. 2.

Hooker, on Civil Government, ii. 148.

Hôtel St. Quentin, Rousseau at, i. 106.

Hume, David, i. 64, 89; his deep-set sagacity, i. 156, ii. 6, 75; suspected of tampering with Boswell's letter, ii. 98, _n._; on Boswell, ii. 101, _n._; his eagerness to find Rousseau a refuge in England, ii. 282, 283; his account of Rousseau, ii. 284; finds him a home at Wootton, ii. 286; Rousseau's quarrel with, ii. 286-291 (also ii. 290, _n._); his innocence of Walpole's letter, ii. 292; his conduct in the quarrel, ii. 293; saves Rousseau from arrest of French Government, ii. 295; on Rousseau's sensitiveness, ii. 299.

IMAGINATION, Rousseau's, i. 247.

JACOBINS, the, Rousseau's Social Contract, their gospel, ii. 132, 133; their mistake, ii. 136; convenience to them of some of the maxims of the Social Contract,