Rousseau's Dog
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Rousseau's Dog

A Tale of Two Philosophers

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eBook - ePub

Rousseau's Dog

A Tale of Two Philosophers

About this book

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - philosopher, novelist, composer, educationist, political provocateur - was on the run. He was fleeing intolerance, persecution, and enemies who proclaimed him a madman, dangerous to society. David Hume, the foremost philosopher in the English language, universally praised as a model of decency, came to his aid. He brought Rousseau and his beloved little dog Sultan to England. And then it all went horribly wrong.

In Rousseau's Dog, David Edmonds and John Eidinow bring their narrative verve to the bitter quarrel that turned these two Enlightenment giants into mortal foes. And it is a very human story of compassion, treachery, anger and revenge.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraphs
  6. Contents
  7. 1: Fear and Flight
  8. 2: Simple Soul
  9. 3: Always a Qualified Success
  10. 4: Plots, Alarums and Excursions
  11. 5: Exile with the ‘Friendly Ones’
  12. 6: The Lion and le Coq
  13. 7: He Would Always Have Paris
  14. 8: Stormy Passage
  15. 9: A London Sensation
  16. 10: Down by the Riverside
  17. 11: Together – and Worlds Apart
  18. 12: An Evening at Lisle Street
  19. 13: The Fashionable Mr Walpole
  20. 14: Flight from Reason
  21. 15: Three Slaps
  22. 16: Twelve Lies
  23. 17: Willing to Wound
  24. 18: Love Me, Love My Dog
  25. 19: Friends in Arcadia
  26. 20: Where Has My Wild Philosopher Fled?
  27. 21: After the Storm
  28. 22: The Truth Will Out
  29. Dramatis Personae
  30. Selected Bibliography
  31. Chronology of Main Events
  32. Acknowledgements
  33. Illustration Acknowledgements
  34. Index
  35. About the Authors
  36. By the Same Author
  37. Copyright