Jansen, his propositions, i. 81.

Jansenists, Rousseau’s suspicions of, ii. 63;
  mentioned, ii. 89.

Jean Paul, ii. 216, 252.

Jefferson, ii. 227, n.

Jesuits, Rousseau’s suspicions of the, ii. 64;
  the, and parliaments, ii. 65;
  movement against, ii. 65;
  suppression of the, leads to increased thought about education,
     ii. 199.

Johnson, ii. 15, 98.

KAMES, Lord, ii. 253.

LAMENNAIS, influenced by Rousseau, ii. 228.

Language, origin of, i. 161.

Latour, Madame, ii. 19, ib. n.

Lavater favourable to education on Rousseau’s plan, ii. 251 (also
     ib. n.)

Lavoisier, reply to his request for a fortnight’s respite, ii. 227,
     n.

Law, not a contract, ii. 153.

Lecouvreur, Adrienne, refused Christian burial on account of her
     being an actress, i. 323.

Leibnitz, i. 87;
  his optimism, i. 309;
  on the constitution of the universe, i. 312.

Lessing, on Pope, i. 310, n.

“Letters from the Mountain,” ii. 104;
  burned, by command, at Paris and the Hague, ii. 105.

Liberty, English, Rousseau’s notion of, ii. 163, n.

Life, Rousseau’s condemnation of the contemplative, i. 10;
  his idea of household, i. 41;
  easier for him to preach than for others to practise, i. 43.

Lisbon, earthquake of, Voltaire on, i. 310;
  Rousseau’s letter to Voltaire on, i. 310, 311.

Locke, his Essay, i. 87;
  his notions, i. 87;
  his influence upon Rousseau, ii. 121-126;
  on Marriage, ii. 126;
  on Civil Government, ii. 149, 150, n.;
  indefiniteness of his views, ii. 160;
  the pioneer of French thought on education, ii. 202, 203;
  Rousseau’s indebtedness to, ii. 203;
  his mistake in education, ii. 209;
  subjects of his theories, ii. 254.

Lulli (music), i. 291.

Luther, i. 4.

Luxembourg, the Duke of, gives Rousseau a home, ii. 2-7, 9.

Luxembourg, the Marechale de, in vain seeks Rousseau’s children,
     i. 128;
  helps to get Emilius published, ii. 63-64, 67.

Lycurgus, ii. 129, 131;
  influence of, upon Saint Just, ii. 133.

Lyons, Rousseau a tutor at, i. 95-97.

MABLY, De, i. 95;
  his socialism, i. 184;
  applied to for scheme for the government of Poland, ii. 324.

Maistre, De, i. 145;
  on Optimism, i. 314.

Maitre, Le, teaches Rousseau music, i. 58.

Malebranche, i. 87.

Malesherbes, Rousseau confesses his ungrateful nature to, ii. 14;
  his dishonest advice to Rousseau, ii. 60;
  helps Diderot, ii. 62;
  and Rousseau in the publishing of Emilius, ii. 62, 63;
  endangered by it, ii. 67;
  asks Rousseau to collect plants for him, ii. 76.