Protestantism, his conversion to, i. 220;
  its influence on Rousseau, i. 221.

RAMEAU on Rousseau’s Muses Galantes, i. 119, 211;
  mentioned, i. 291.

Rationalism, i. 224, 225;
  influence of Descartes on, i. 225.

Reason, De Saint Pierre’s views of, i. 244.

Reform, essential priority of social over political, ii. 43.

Religion, simplification of, i. 3;
  ideas of, in Paris, i. 186, 187, 207, 208;
  Rousseau’s view of, i. 220;
  doctrines of, in Geneva, i. 223-227, also n.;
  curious project concerning it, by Rousseau, i. 317;
  separation of spiritual and temporal powers deemed mischievous by
     Rousseau, ii. 173;
  in its relation to the state may be considered as of three kinds,
     ii. 175;
  duty of the sovereign to establish a civil confession of faith,
     ii. 176, 177;
  positive dogmas of this, ii. 176;
  Rousseau’s “pure Hobbism,” ii. 177. 
  See Savoyard Vicar (Emilius), ii. 256, 281.

Renou, Rousseau assumes name of, i. 129; ii. 312.

Revelation, Christian, Rousseau’s controversy on, with Archbishop of
     Paris, ii. 86-91.

Reveries, Rousseau’s relinquishing society, i. 199;
  description of his life in the isle of St. Peter, in the, ii.
     109-115;
  their style ii. 314.

Revolution, French, principles of, i. 1, 2;
  benefits of, or otherwise, ii. 54;
  Baboeuf on, ii. 123, 124, n.;
  the starting point in the history of its ideas, ii. 160.

Revolutionary process and ideal i. 4, 5.

Revolutionists, difference among, i. 2.

Richardson (the novelist), ii. 25, 28.

Richelieu’s brief patronage of Rousseau, i. 195, 302.

Riviere, de la, origin of society, ii. 156, 157;
  anecdote of, ii. 156, 157, n.

Robecq, Madame de, ii. 56.

Robespierre, ii. 123, 134, 160, 178, 179;
  his “sacred right of insurrection,” ii. 188, n.;
  Rousseau’s influence on, ii. 315.

Rousseau, Didier, i. 8.

Rousseau, Jean Baptiste, i. 61, n.

Rousseau, Jean Jacques, influence of his writings on France and the
     American colonists, i. 1, 2;
  on Robespierre, Paine, and Chateaubriand, i. 3;
  his place as a leader, i. 3;
  starting-point, of his mental habits, i. 4;
  personality of, i. 4;
  influence on the common people, i. 5;
  his birth and ancestry, i. 8;
  pedigree, i. 8, n.;
  parents, i. 10, 11;
  influence upon him of his father’s character, i. 11, 12;
  his reading in childhood, i. 12, 13;
  love of Plutarch, i. 13;
  early years, i. 13, 14;
  sent to school at Bossey, i. 15;
  deterioration of his moral character there, i. 17;
  indignation at an unjust punishment, i. 17, 18;
  leaves school, i. 20;
  youthful life at Geneva, i. 21, 22;