Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2) Emile
3) Confessions
In his Confessions, written in 1903, Jean-Jacques Rousseau tells the story of his life, from the formative experience of his humble childhood in Geneva, through the achievement of international fame as novelist and philosopher in Paris, to his wanderings as an exile, persecuted by governments and alienated from the world of modern civilization. In trying to explain who he was and how he came to be the object of others' admiration and abuse, Rousseau
...Considered by Jean-Jacques Rousseau himself to be the “best and most important” of all his writings, Émile set off a firestorm when it was first published in 1762. It was banned in Paris and burned in Geneva, but later served as the inspiration for a new...
Les Confessions de Jean-Jacques Rousseau est une autobiographie publiée à titre posthume.
Le titre des Confessions a sans doute été choisi en référence aux Confessions de Saint-Augustin, publiées au IVe siècle après Jésus Christ. Rousseau, qui était protestant, accomplit ainsi un acte sans valeur religieuse à proprement parler, mais doté d’une forte connotation symbolique: celui de l’aveu des pêchés, de la confession. On
Rousseau's Discourse sets out to explore the origin of inequality among people, a journey that sees him trace the evolution of humans from the savage man to the foundations of civil society. With verve and passion, the philosopher argues that the birth of private property was the 'beginning of evil.' Throughout the book we are lead to consider the development of language, reason, self-preservation, benevolence, pity and law—all through the
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