CHAPTER IX.
VOLTAIRE AND D'ALEMBERT.
Position of Voltaire 302 General differences between him and Rousseau 303 Rousseau not the profounder of the two 305 But he had a spiritual element 305 Their early relations 308 Voltaire's poem on the Earthquake of Lisbon 309 Rousseau's wonder that he should have written it 310 His letter to Voltaire upon it 311 Points to the advantages of the savage state 312 Reproduces Pope's general position 313 Not an answer to the position taken by Voltaire 314 Confesses the question insoluble, but still argues 316 Curious close of the letter 318 Their subsequent relations 319 D'Alembert's article on Geneva 321 The church and the theatre 322 Jeremy Collier: Bossuet 323 Rousseau's contention on stage plays 324 Rude handling of commonplace 325 The true answer to Rousseau as to theory of dramatic morality 326 His arguments relatively to Geneva 327 Their meaning 328 Criticism on the Misanthrope 328 Rousseau's contrast between Paris and an imaginary Geneva 329 Attack on love as a poetic theme 332 This letter, the mark of his schism from the party of the philosophers 336 JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU Born 1712 Fled from Geneva _March_, 1728 Changes religion at Turin _April_, " With Madame de Warens, including various intervals, until _April_, 1740 Goes to Paris with musical schemes 1741 Secretary at Venice _Spring_, 1743 Paris, first as secretary to M.Francueil, then { 1744 as composer, and copyist { to { 1756 The Hermitage _April 9_, 1756 Montmorency _Dec.

15_, 1757 Yverdun _June 14_, 1762 Motiers-Travers _July 10_, 1762 Isle of St.Peter _Sept._, 1765 Strasburg _Nov._, " Paris _December_, " Arrives in England _Jan.

13_, 1766 Leaves Dover _May 22_, 1767 Fleury _June_, " Trye _July_, " Dauphiny _Aug._, 1768 Paris _June_, 1770 Death _July 2_, 1778 PRINCIPAL WRITINGS.
Discourse on the Influence of Learning and Art PUBLISHED 1750 Discourse on Inequality " 1754 Letter to D'Alembert " 1758 New Heloisa (began 1757, finished in winter of 1759-60) " 1761 Social Contract " 1762 Emilius " 1762 Letters from the Mountain " 1764 Confessions (written 1766-70) { Pt.

I 1781 { Pt.

II 1788 Reveries (written 1777-78).
_Comme dans les etangs assoupis sous les bois, Dans plus d'une ame on voit deux choses a la fois: Le ciel, qui teint les eaux a peine remuees Avec tous ses rayons et toutes ses nuees; Et la vase, fond morne, affreux, sombre et dormant, Ou des reptiles noirs fourmillent vaguement._ HUGO.
ROUSSEAU..