Originally published as Narrenweisheit, Frankfurter Verlaganstalt, 1952. This translation first published, Messner, 1953.
'Tis folly to be wise, or, Death and transfiguration of Jean-Jaques Rousseau : a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger. Published by Hutchinson in 1954. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.