the texts gathered in this volume were written by researchers from Lyon and Grenoble, members of the same LIRE Joint Research Unit, in the space of about 20 years. We wanted to publish them again on the occasion of the tricennial of the birth of Jean-Jacques Rousseau for several reasons. On the one hand, it was pleasant for us to offer a florilege — a few flowers — in the memory of this author. On the other hand, we thought it important to update texts...