Hypocrisy and the Philosophical Intentions of RousseauWhy did Rousseau failoften so ridiculously or grotesquelyto live up to his own principles? In one of the most notorious cases of hypocrisy in intellectual history, this champion of the joys of domestic life immediately rid himself of each of his five children, placing them in an orphans' home. He advocated profound devotion to republican civic life, and yet he habitually dodged opportunities for political engagement. Finally, despite an elevated