Date: 2011-03-28 03:48 pm (UTC)
You're quite welcome.

The only sources relative to Robespierre in latin would be from Louis-le-Grand. Unfortunately, his prize-winning essays (along with those of all the other students) from his time there have been lost. If I remember correctly, we have his diploma (in Latin), but that's about it.

It can be a real challenge to find primary sources in English. As a translator, I do my best to contribute, but it's a huge project, obviously.

According to R. Barny and Fl. Gauthier, at least, Mably's role was probably greater than Rousseau's in the Robespierristes' political development. Though I don't think their work has been translated, it's possible you might find a translation of Mably. Also, in terms of influence, happily for non-francophones, Locke, Sidney, Milton, the English Revolution and its theorists in general, "Cato's Letters", etc. were all much greater influences on the Revolutionaries than is generally supposed...
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