Rousseau's analysis indicates that the entrance in the symbolic universe brings the possibility of loosing individual's unity, what may induce the rupture of social bond. Considering the demonstration that the representative signs mediation takes place in three different instances, we tried to detect if the same logic that commands Rousseau's system as a whole is also verified in his musical theories. Here we demonstrate that Rousseau's musical conceptions, expressed through a hierarchical sequence of values going from minimum to maximum insertion of representative signs, are perfectly integrated in the author's work, agreeing with the principles on which his doctrines are based.
Rousseau; music; language; nature