retour chaise affair and, 151, 156, 157, 175, 192–93, 269
Davenport Hall, 227, 238–40
De Beneficiis (Seneca), 207
Defence of Mr. Rousseau, against the Aspersions of Mr. Hume, Mons. Voltaire, and their Associates (Fuseli), 212
Deffand, Gaspard du, 291
Deffand, Mme du, 70–71, 184, 287, 289
Craufurd’s relationship with, 162, 164, 296
de L’Espinasse’s relationship with, 70–71, 287, 289, 291
on Mme de Boufflers, 75, 76, 160
Walpole’s relationship with, 56, 160, 164, 289
Defoe, Daniel, 140
deism, 144–45
Delany, Mary, 224, 225, 300, 301, 302
De l’esprit (Of the Mind) (Helvétius), 290
democracy, 7, 43
Denis, Saint, 70
Derbyshire, 122–24, 132–33, 153, 165 see also Wootton Hall
Destouches-Canon, Chevalier, 287
Devin du village, Le (The Village Soothsayer) (Rousseau), 12, 46, 85, 218
Dewes, Anne, 224
Dewes, Mary, 224–25, 239, 255, 300, 301
DH-JJR conflict and, 206
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (Hume), 146, 257–58, 296
Dialogues of the Dead (Lucian), 259
Dickens, Charles, 55
Dictionary of Music (Rousseau), 82
Diderot, Denis, 74, 89, 109, 123, 289, 290, 291
Encyclopédie and, 9, 29, 287, 289
JJR’s breaches with, 29, 30, 31
JJR’s friendship with, 9–12, 289
Ramsay’s correspondence with, 120
at salons, 71, 73
solitude as viewed by, 29, 123, 143
Dinham, John, 243
Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts (Rousseau), 10
dogs, 14, 56, 144, 252–53, 271, 289
training of, 138
see also Sultan
Dover, 4, 91, 93, 118, 241, 242, 244–47
Drury Lane Theatre, 97–102, 218
Duchesne, Nicolas-Bonaventure, 86
Du Peyrou, Pierre-Alexandre, 83, 113, 121, 123, 156, 237–38, 293–94
JJR’s friendship with, 44, 50, 252, 294
JJR’s papers and, 44, 169, 170, 238, 293
Dutens, Vincent-Louis, 235
E
economics, 2, 19, 26, 136, 142
Smith and, 257, 298
économie Politique (Rousseau), 9
Edinburgh, 14–17, 19–23, 27, 143, 297
cultural awakening in, 19—20, 119, 296
DH’s house in, 24, 41
DH’s retirement in, 256–59
education, 290
JJR and, 2, 33–34, 110, 140, 225, 253
Einstein, Albert, 264
Elibank, Lord, 78
Eliot, T. S., 5, 193
Elliot, Annie, 22, 172
Elliot, Peggy, 22, 172 Elliot, Sir Gilbert, of Minto, 25, 62, 83, 84, 257, 296
Émile (Rousseau), 2, 33–35, 43, 45, 47, 94, 104, 130, 225, 260, 262
burning of, 34, 36, 38
DH’s views on, 41
females in, 110, 140
“Savoyard Vicar” section in, 145, 147–49
empiricism, 134–35, 146, 263
Encyclopédie, 9, 29, 70, 73, 287, 288, 290, 292
England, 66, 144, 253, 255
DH-JJR journey to, 1–4, 90–92, 172, 173, 187, 266
France compared with, 16
France’s wars with, 17, 53, 56–57, 100, 288
French cultural exchange with, 58–59
general warrants in, 54, 55
JJR encouraged to go to, 35, 40–43, 82, 293
JJR’s arrival in, 4, 92–94, 96
liberties in, 43, 94, 142
marriage in, 75
press importance in, 94–96
Scottish union with, 19–20
English Channel, 1–2, 116
English Tea, in the Room of Four Mirrors, at the Temple, with All the Court of the Prince de Conti (Ollivier), 75
Enlightenment, 10–11, 39, 272–73
progress and, 8, 11, 133–34
Scottish, 20, 295, 298
see also French Enlightenment
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, An (Hume), 17, 134, 142–43, 263
section X of, 146
Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (Hume), 19, 134
épinay, Louise-Florence d’, 33, 141, 253, 289–90
on DH, 72
JJR befriended by, 27, 28, 30–31, 270, 290
equality, 3, 10, 31, 32, 138, 262, 271
Essay on the Study of Literature (Gibbon), 45
Essays Moral and Political (Hume), 16
Exposé succinct de la contestation qui s’est élevée entre M. Hume et M. Rousseau avec des pièces justificatives (Hume), 206–12, 218, 270
feeling:
JJR’s emphasis on, 6, 49, 133, 147, 187
reason vs., 28, 133
F
Ferguson, Rev. Adam, 20, 21
Fielding, Henry, 94
Finney, Samuel, 227
Fitzherbert, William, 122, 123, 157, 243, 244
Fontainebleau, 12
France, 27–36, 37, 39, 41, 46, 56–91, 139, 144, 256
censors in, 9, 34, 48, 74, 290
colonies of, 56, 291
England compared with, 16
England’s wars with, 17, 53, 56–57, 100, 288
English cultural exchange with, 58–59
English translations in, 59, 73, 206, 292, 293
marriage in, 75
royal court in, 10, 12, 59, 68, 69, 291–92
see also specific cities and towns
Frankenstein (Shelley), 262
Franklin, Benjamin, 257
Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, 91, 211, 295, 297
enlightened despotism of, 39, 139
JJR’s asylum seeking and, 38–40, 49, 51, 126
spoof letter in name of, see King of Prussia letter
freedom, JJR’s views on, 10, 13, 33, 43, 138, 139, 140, 243
free speech, 94, 142
French Enlightenment, 3, 49, 69, 71, 72, 183, 199, 289
philosophes and, 8, 69, 73, 287, 291
French National Assembly, 255, 261–62
French Revolution, 255, 261, 290, 292
friendship, 31, 149, 216
JJR’s views on, 3, 6, 30, 32, 33, 148, 152, 175, 237, 270–72
Fuseli, Henry, 212
G
galante, 77–78
Garrick, David, 22, 93, 97–101, 122, 191, 300
Garrick, Mrs., 97, 98, 101
Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy (Reynolds), 98
Gazette de France, 186, 292
Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser, 93
Gazette littéraire, 206
general will, 138, 139–40, 261
Geneva, 5–7, 12–13, 51, 87, 106, 142, 194, 241, 290
French influence on, 37, 48
Party of Liberty in, 48, 227
Petit Conseil of, 37–38, 47–48, 294
theater in, 29–30
Gentleman’s Magazine, 166, 211, 246
Gentlemen’s Society, 243, 245
Geoffrin, Mme, 69–70, 159
George II, King of England, 39, 297, 300
George III, King of England, 20, 23, 57, 97–102, 224, 237, 296, 297, 300
Conway’s relationship with, 55, 127, 128, 149, 219, 299
DH and, 60, 63, 65, 127
DH-JJR conflict and, 204, 211
at Drury Lane, 97–101
Grenville’s relationship with, 61–62, 296, 301, 302
Ramsay and, 119, 120, 121, 297
royal pensions and, 91, 127, 128–29, 131, 176–78, 184, 186, 187, 188, 219, 236, 253, 256
Georgel, Abbé, 66–67
Gibbon, Edward, 44–45
Girardin, Marquis de, 255 Gisors, 250–52
Glorious Revolution, 24
God, 144–47
DH’s views on, 146, 147, 258
JJR’s views on, 145, 229, 254
Goldsmith, Oliver, 68, 101
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 54, 219, 237, 299, 300–301, 303
Graham, Henry Grey, 254
Granville, Bernard, 224, 226, 233, 239, 241, 272, 300, 301, 302
Gray, Thomas, 160
Great Britain:
colonies of, 56–57, 128, 258, 299–302
Treaty of Paris and, 53, 56–57
see also England; Scotland; Wales
Greek “Tale,” 167
Grenville, George, 23, 60, 61–62, 127, 301
Rockingham’s takeover from, 54, 62, 299, 301, 302
Grimm, Friedrich, 28–31, 75, 109, 289
in Confessions, 127
on DH, 14, 73–74, 89
DH-JJR conflict and, 211, 214–15
on JJR, 4, 87, 89, 166, 172, 222
JJR’s break with, 30–31, 214–15, 290
on objects of mutual desire, 58–59
Grosley, Pierre Jean, 103
Guibert, Comte, 291
Gustav III, King of Sweden, 75
Guy, Pierre, 115, 204
H
Handel, George Frideric, 224
Hazlitt, William, 262
Helvétius, Claude Adrien, 38, 159, 164, 290, 295
Henault, Charles Jean François, 164
Hermitage, 28, 31, 33, 82, 290
Hertford, Francis Seymour Conway, Earl of, 52–55, 52, 59–61, 62–63, 219, 301–2
DH-JJR conflict and, 198, 210, 270
Hertford, Lady, 54, 58, 63, 219
Hervey, Lady, 90, 164
Hill, Aaron, 99
Hill, G. Birkbeck, 1, 179
history, DH’s contribution to, 2, 19, 21–24, 25, 136, 142, 262–63
History of England (Hume), 21–27, 94, 145, 186, 243, 256, 257, 262–63
History of the House of Tudor (Hume), 23
Hobbes, Thomas, 138
Hogarth, William, 114
Holbach, Paul-Henri Thiry, Baron d’, 190, 201, 289–91
DH-JJR conflict and, 183–86, 190, 201, 203, 205–6, 215, 216–17
DH’s correspondence with, 127, 131, 183–86, 198, 200, 204, 205, 216–17
DH’s warning from, 90, 126, 183, 291
JJR’s finances and, 131, 186, 198–99, 201
salon of, 29, 72–74, 183, 292
Holland, Lord, 72
Home, Catherine, 15
Home, John (Hume’s brother), 15, 125, 129–30
DH’s correspondence with, 4, 17–18, 96, 97, 126
Home, Joseph, 15
Home, Katherine, 15, 19, 24
Home, Rev. John (Hume’s cousin), 20
Houdetot, Countess Sophie d’, 28, 34, 82, 290, 293
House of Commons, British, 54, 55, 219, 299
House of Lords, British, 219
Howitt, William, 223
human nature, 137, 142
Hume, David, 1–4, 14–27, 59–101, 119–38, 141–53
career blocks of, 17, 19, 63–64, 144
career paths of, 15–27
Chiswick selection and, 112–13
death of, 257–60
as diplomat, 2–3, 17–18, 26, 53–54, 57, 59–67, 120, 219, 236, 299, 302
education of, 15–16
as empiricist, 134–35, 146
finances of, 16–19, 21, 24, 53, 62, 63, 256
French women and, 68–73, 83
good nature of, 3, 4, 14–15, 84, 211, 272
as historian, 2, 19, 21–24, 64, 77, 136, 138, 142, 262–63
JJR befriended by, 3, 4, 40–41, 80–92, 94, 96–98, 103–6, 112–13, 122–27, 147, 172, 174, 175, 181–84, 194, 212, 216, 217, 266, 270, 288
JJR compared with, 133–34, 141–48, 268
JJR’s correspondence with, 42–43, 84–85, 126, 129, 141, 148, 151, 156–57, 163, 174–75, 178–83, 180, 187–89, 192–94, 201, 202–3, 216, 222, 266
JJR’s royal pension and, 41, 91, 127, 128–29, 131, 176–79, 184, 186, 188, 195, 201, 202, 236, 237, 241, 267
JJR’s unnerving experience with, 91, 173, 187
King of Prussia letter and, 132, 157, 159–66, 188, 194, 200, 202, 203, 218, 266, 268, 270
name change of, 15
as philosopher, 2, 16, 17, 19, 41, 59, 63–64, 73, 77, 133–38, 146–47, 211, 263–64
physical appearance of, 1, 17–18, 68, 71, 72, 119–21, 190, 258
posthumous reputation of, 262–63
Ramsay’s portrait of, 1, 119–20, 257, 297–98
rationalism of, 14, 124, 146, 147, 148, 193, 272–73
retour chaise affair and, 151–52, 156–57, 174, 175, 192–93, 269
skepticism of, 53, 67, 74, 123, 134–36, 146, 147, 148, 260–61
solitude as viewed by, 123–24, 132–33, 143, 153, 220
spirit of irreligion of, 22, 134, 144–47, 258, 259–60
writing style of, 189
see also specific works
Hume-Rousseau conflict, 157–230, 241, 297
DH’s acting out of character and, 266–73
DH’s publishing and, 185, 206–12, 218, 270
DH’s publishing concerns and, 185, 196–99, 202–6
DH’s reputation concerns and, 183—87, 209, 218, 256, 272
JJR’s allegations and, 172–75, 180–83, 180, 226, 267, 268
JJR’s detailed indictment and, 187–89, 191, 192, 212
JJR’s metaphorical slapping and, 188, 192
twelve lies and, 193–94, 203
see also King of Prussia letter
Humphrey Clinker (Smollett), 95, 102
I
inner self, 2, 6, 31
instincts, 136, 137–38
intimacy, JJR’s need for, 109
Ireland, 62—63, 253, 302
Isham, Ralph, 117–18
Isle Saint-Pierre, 50–51, 85, 116, 294
Ivernois, François-Henri d’, 170, 227, 294
Ivernois, Jean-Antoine d’, 294
J
Jacobites, 39, 297
James I, King of England, 21
Jefferson, Thomas, 263
Johnson, Samuel, vii, 22, 78, 112, 119, 180, 260, 295, 301, 302
on DH, 189
K
Kant, Immanuel, 140, 260–61
Kildare, Marchioness of, 225
King of Prussia letter, 132, 157–68, 178, 188, 194, 200, 203, 215, 244, 268, 270
authorship of, 132, 158, 160, 161, 165, 172, 268
d’Alembert’s disavowal of, 206
DH’s quip and, 164, 202, 266
JJR’s response to, 165, 166, 171, 188
other French letters after, 167–68
parody response to JJR and, 166–67
Walpole rebuked for, 206, 212, 213
knowledge, 9, 134, 144
L
Lake Neuchâtel, 37, 38
La Roche (Luxembourg’s servant), 35, 186
Laud, Archbishop, 23
Leigh, Ralph A., 127, 183, 195, 244
Lennox, Lady Sarah, 53
L’Espinasse, Julie de, 70–71, 152
d’Alembert’s devotion to, 71, 287, 289, 291
DH-JJR conflict and, 185, 199, 201, 268
DH’s correspondence with, 185
Lethe (Garrick), 98, 101
“Letter from M. Voltaire to M. Jean-Jacques Rousseau” (Lettre de M. de Voltaire au docteur J. J. Pansophe) (parody), 166–67
Letter on the Blind for the Use of Those Who See (Diderot), 9
Letters from the Country (Jean-Robert Tronchin), 48, 294
Letters of David Hume to William Strahan (Hill, ed.), 1
Letters Written from the Mountain (Rousseau), 48, 168
Letter to a Member of the National Assembly, A (Burke), 261–62
Letter to Christophe de Beaumont (Rousseau), 47
Letter to d’Alembert on the Theater (Rousseau), 29
Le Vasseur, Thérèse, 46, 251, 291, 292
appearance of, 11, 88, 109
Boswell’s
relationship with, 46–47, 107, 109, 112, 117–19, 296
Conway’s dinner invitation and, 149, 151
DH’s views on, 88, 105, 107, 241, 266
English of, 222, 223
in flight from Wootton Hall, 240–42, 245, 247
health problems of, 233, 235
JJR’s correspondence with, 110, 117
JJR’s relationship with, 3, 11, 12, 28, 36, 38, 46, 49, 50, 105–11, 149, 194, 247, 250, 252, 291
JJR’s separations from, 3, 36, 50, 85, 88, 98, 105–8, 113, 116–18
journey to England of, 112, 116–19
in London, 118, 124, 172, 173
marriages of, 252, 291
mother of, 11, 12, 28, 49, 110
at Wootton Hall, 154, 219, 222, 223, 227, 233, 235, 238
Lincolnshire, 238, 240
Lindsay, Lady Anne, 14
Lisbon, 80, 147
Liston, Robert, 88
Lloyd’s Evening Post, 100–101, 205, 246
Lloyd’s Evening Register, 166
Locke, John, 189
logic, 135, 137, 146
London, 22–25, 41, 53, 64, 82, 113, 143, 155, 235
booksellers in, 22, 94, 104, 171
crime in, 104
described, 102–5
DH in, 4, 16, 18, 22–23, 68, 80, 89, 92–98, 118, 124, 132, 150, 172–74, 294–95, 296
DH-JJR conflict in, 191, 198, 207, 211–14, 218, 226
JJR in, 4, 68, 92–107, 112, 119–24, 150, 151, 172–74, 266, 293, 295
JJR’s views on, 42, 102, 105, 112, 113
King of Prussia letter in, 132, 157–58, 161, 164–65, 188
Mme de Boufflers in, 78, 266
Ramsay’s studio in, 119–23, 298
as supposed JJR destination, 235, 241
theater in, 93, 97–102
London Chronicle, 59–60, 93, 94, 165, 166, 205, 211, 244, 246
London Evening Post, 99–100
London Magazine, 211
Louis, Dauphin (son of Louis XV), 66, 152
Louis XV, King of France, 12, 44, 66, 142, 288, 291–92
Louis XVI, King of France, 66
Louis XVIII, King of France, 66
Louth, 234, 242
Lucian, 259
Lunar Society, 223
Luxembourg, Charles-François-Frédéric de Montmorency-Luxembourg, Maréchal de France, Duc de, 31–32, 33, 34, 36, 186, 216, 292
Luxembourg, Madeleine-Angélique de, 31, 32, 35, 76, 107, 117, 152, 160, 292
Luze, Jean-Jacques de, 85, 88–91
Luze, Mme de, 155, 221
Lyon, 8, 252
M
Mably, M. de, 8
Macaulay, Thomas B., 52, 154, 263
Madison, James, 262