Translated from an original edition in French and annotated by John M. Friedberg, M.D. copyright 1995-98 AUTHOR'S FOREWORD Vir fugiens denuo pugnavit. 1 Jean Jacques Rousseau, famous sinner, eloquent writer, visionary philosopher, making a show of misanthropy out of a craving for persecution, wrote a preface to his Nouvelle Heloise which is unique: he insults the reader and doesn't care.2 A ...

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