Table des Matières

INTRODUCTION I

RÉFLEXIONS PRÉLIMINAIRES 1

Chapitre I. Du penchant à la société 5

— II. Du penchant à la solitude 17

— III. Des inconvénients généraux de la solitude 39 — IV. Des inconvénients de la solitude pour

l'imagination 51

— V. Des inconvénients de la solitude pour les

passions 66

— VI. Avantages généraux de la solitude 77

— VII. Des avantages de la solitude pour l'esprit 119

— VIII. Des avantages de la solitude pour le cœur 207

Conclusion 291

Corbeil, imprimerie de Crété.

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