Word: rousseau
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...student at the Wheatley School in Old Westbury, N.Y., at the instigation of her history teacher, she completed, in addition to her regular course work, three long-term projects, research papers on the origins of the French-Revolution, the Industrial Revolution and the writings of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau...
...recollect that the most impressive faculty member teaching outside the American area in the 1930s was C.H. McIlwain. His English Constitutional History never got past Edward I and his History of Political Theory from Plato to Rousseau stopped dead at Thomas Hobbes. It was from him that I learned what a scholar should be and what he should concern himself with. At the same time a class on the Soviet Union taught as the McIlwain history of political theory was, from the Department of Government, drew enormous crowds and enjoyed a marvellous reputation. I took McIlwain's course for credit...
...castaway, throws one of the longest shadows in literature. For more than two centuries, he and his black companion Friday have provoked countless imitations, parodies, cartoons and advertisements. But from the earliest days, in addition to the parasol and firearm, the beachcombers have also carried some heavy moral baggage. Rousseau considered Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel vital to the education of ambitious youth; Coleridge regarded Crusoe as the "universal representative"; and Karl Marx found the plot an illustration of basic economics...
Philosophical? Through violence, come closer to the wholesome anarchy of Rousseau's Nature. Perhaps not Noble, but certainly Savage...
...band, which is already a mainstay at Boston clubs such as Paradise, Jack's, and The Channel, entertains high hopes for its future. "We're very optimistic. We're young, good-looking and always ready to party," said Rousseau, who worked in the Union from...