I remember reading this book on the second floor of the UC Davis Shields Library for a class on european history. At the time I recall I was less impressed with the veracity and accuracy of the ideas than with their manner of expression. I must read it again, like so many others, when my idle nature permits it, though once more I expect to be more taken by the language than by the content.

On another note, when writing an essay comparing Rousseau with Locke, the teacher's assistant marked me for misinterpreting Rousseau's concepts of Government and Sovereignty. I still think I was right, and I should have taken the issue up with the professor.