[Babbitt, Irving] Morley, John.

“Rousseau” [Significant Provenance: Irving Babbitt’s annotated working copy of “Rousseau” by John Morley].

Two Volumes. London, Macmillan and co., 1896. Small Octavo. 337, 348 pages. Hardcover / Bothy Volumes in their original publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. In protective Mylar. Later edition of the monograph on Rousseau by the biographer of Gladstone. Both volumes very good in red cloth-covered boards with slight wear at corners and head and foot of spine. These volumes origin from the library of Irving Babbitt, co-founder of New Humanism and great enemy of the thought of Rousseau. Babbitt’s penciled notes / annotations can be found throughout the two volumes, and his ornate ownership signature spreads across the front blank of volume two.

Irving Babbitt (August 2, 1865 – July 15, 1933) was an American academic and literary critic, noted for his founding role in a movement that became known as the New Humanism, a significant influence on literary discussion and conservative thought in the period between 1910 and 1930. He was a cultural critic in the tradition of Matthew Arnold and a consistent opponent of romanticism, as represented by the writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Politically he can, without serious distortion, be called a follower of Aristotle and Edmund Burke. He was an advocate of classical humanism but also offered an ecumenical defense of religion. His humanism implied a broad knowledge of various moral and religious traditions. His book Democracy and Leadership (1924) is regarded as a classic text of political conservatism. Babbitt is regarded as a major influence over American cultural and political conservatism.
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Includes for Example: The Revolution/ Rousseau it most direct speculative precursor/ Rousseau’s youth/ Annecy, Turin/ Return to Geneva/ Savoyard proselytisers/ Conversion to Catholocism/ Takes service with Madame de Vercellis/ The Count de Gouvon/ Madam de Warens/ Influence of women upon Rousseau/ The seminarists/ Chamberi/ Houselhold of Madame de Warens/ Les Charmettes/ His feelings for nature/ His intellectual incapacity at this time/ Montpellier/ Theresa Le Vasseur/ Tutorship at Lyons/ Secretary to the Ambassador at Venice/ Return to Paris/ Local academies in France/ Obligations to Montaigne/ Obligations to the Greeks/ Influence of Geneva upon Rousseau/ Circumstances of a sudden moral reform/ Protests against atheism/ The Village Soothsayer at Fontainebleau/ Revisits Geneva/ Rousseau’s re-conversion to Protestantism/ The religious opinions then current in Geneva/ Turretini and other rationalisers/ Madame d’Epinay offers him the Hermitage/ Rousseau’s first days at the Hermitage/ Violent mental crisis/ Erotic mania becomes intensified/ Madame d’Houdetot/ Saint Lambert interposes/ Rousseau’s letter to Saint Lambert/ Relations with Diderot/ Madame d’Epinay/ With Grimm/ General character of Rousseaus’s aim in music/ As composer/ Contest on the comparative merits of French and Italian music/ Rousseau’s letter on French music/ His scheme of music notation/ Position of Voltaire/Voltaire’s poem on the Earthquake of Lisbon/ D’Alembert’s article on Geneva/ The church and the theatre/ Jeremy Collier: ossuet/ Rousseau’s contention on stage plays/ Criticism on the Misanthrope/ Attack on love as a poetic theme/ Montmorency- The New Heloisa/ The Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg/ Rousseau and his patrician acquaintances/ Episode of Madame Latour de Franqueville/ New Heloisa’s influence on Goethe and others/ Journey from Switzerland/ Relations with Frederick the Great/ Lord Marischal/ Rousseau’s letter to the Archbishop of Paris/ The ministers of Neuchatel/ Lewis, prince of Wurtemberg/ Gibbon/ Corsican affairs/ The feud at Geneva/ The fifth of the Reveries/ Central propositions of the Social Contract/ Attitude of the state to religion/ Forms of government/ Historical effect in France and Germany/ Locke on education/ Rousseau’s ideals of life for women/ His oriental and obscurantist position/ Sum of the merits of Emilius/ The Savoyard Vicar/ Rousseau’s English portrait/ Hume’s account of him/ Settlement at Wootton/ Walpole’s pretended letter from Frederick/ The war of pamphlets/ Common theory of Rousseau’s madness/ Flight from England/ The elder Mirabeau/ Rousseau at Trye/ In Dauphiny/ The Reveries/ Bernardin de St. Pierre’s account of him/ Poland and Spain/ Withdrawal to Ermenonville/ His death etc.

• Keywords: Catalogue Twelve – Philosophy · Literary Criticism – Rare · Philosophy Rare · Provenance · Rousseau
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 41121AB

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