…In 1750, he won the prize for an essay (Discourse on the Arts and Sciences) at the Dijon Academy, which made him famous, and he associated with the Encyclopedist intellectuals in Paris. In 1755, he published Discours sur l'origin de l'inégalité parmi les hommes and Treatise on Political Economy, and established his position as a man of letters. However, he could not adapt to the customs of high society, so he tried to reform his life, refused the king's pension, and left Paris. He wrote a novel in the countryside, New Héloïse (1761), which became the best-selling novel of the century. … *Some of the terminology referenced in "Discours on the origin of illegality with men" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…1750年,ディジョン・アカデミーの懸賞論文(《学問芸術論》)に当選して一躍有名になり,パリで百科全書派の知識人たちと交際した。55年《人間不平等起源論Discours sur l’origine de l’inégalité parmi les hommes》《政治経済論》を出版,文人としての地位を確立したが,社交界の風習になじむことができず,自分の生活を改造しようとし,国王の年金授与も断って,パリを離れた。田舎で書き上げた小説《新エロイーズ》(1761)は世紀のベストセラーとなった。… ※「《Discours sur l'origine de l'inégalité parmi les hommes》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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