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Excerpt from Jean Jacques Rousseau, Vol. 2: A New Criticism The first act IN the campaign OF cal umny, june TO september, 1762. Grimm's effort TO indispose towards rousseau (as A fugitive from persecution) the rulers OF european states, BY painting him AS A demagogue and sower OF pernicious doctrines. The kind OF biography OF jean jacques circulated june 15, painted him AS A hater OF great people and OF all authority and order. The false criticism OF emile circulated july 1, described the author AS A sophist who sought only To upset established opinions. A second criticism august 1, and A third september 1, especially represented rousseau AS having attacked frederic, IN whose estates HE had taken refuge; AS intending TO stir UP trouble. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.