Rousseau (Volume 1 and 2)

Chapter 40

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Jacobin supremacy and Hobbism, ii. 152; how they might have saved France, ii. 167.

Jansen, his propositions, i. 81.

Jansenists, Rousseau's suspicions of, ii. 63; mentioned, ii. 89.

Jean Paul, ii. 216, 252.

Jefferson, ii. 227, _n._

Jesuits, Rousseau's suspicions of the, ii. 64; the, and parliaments, ii. 65; movement against, ii. 65; suppression of the, leads to increased thought about education, ii. 199.

Johnson, ii. 15, 98.

KAMES, Lord, ii. 253.

LAMENNAIS, influenced by Rousseau, ii. 228.

Language, origin of, i. 161.

Latour, Madame, ii. 19, _ib. n._

Lavater favourable to education on Rousseau's plan, ii. 251 (also _ib._ _n._)

Lavoisier, reply to his request for a fortnight's respite, ii. 227, _n._

Law, not a contract, ii. 153.

Lecouvreur, Adrienne, refused Christian burial on account of her being an actress, i. 323.

Leibnitz, i. 87; his optimism, i. 309; on the constitution of the universe, i. 312.

Lessing, on Pope, i. 310, _n._

"Letters from the Mountain," ii. 104; burned, by command, at Paris and the Hague, ii. 105.

Liberty, English, Rousseau's notion of, ii. 163, _n._

Life, Rousseau's condemnation of the contemplative, i. 10; his idea of household, i. 41; easier for him to preach than for others to practise, i. 43.

Lisbon, earthquake of, Voltaire on, i. 310; Rousseau's letter to Voltaire on, i. 310, 311.

Locke, his Essay, i. 87; his notions, i. 87; his influence upon Rousseau, ii. 121-126; on Marriage, ii. 126; on Civil Government, ii. 149, 150, _n._; indefiniteness of his views, ii. 160; the pioneer of French thought on education, ii. 202, 203; Rousseau's indebtedness to, ii. 203; his mistake in education, ii. 209; subjects of his theories, ii. 254.

Lulli (music), i. 291.

Luther, i. 4.

Luxembourg, the Duke of, gives Rousseau a home, ii. 2-7, 9.

Luxembourg, the Maréchale de, in vain seeks Rousseau's children,