Meditations of a Solitary Walker (Penguin 60s Classics) - Softcover

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014600194X ISBN 13: 9780146001949

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1995

Synopsis

Meditations of a Solitary Walker (Penguin 60s Classics) - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Paperback - P60

About this title

About the Author:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva in 1712. He spent much of his life travelling around Switzerland and France, working variously as a footman, seminarist and tutor. His writings included entries on music for Diderot's Encyclopédie, the novels La nouvelle Héloise (1761) and Émile (1762), and numerous political and philosophical texts. He also fathered five children - all of whom he abandoned to a foundling home - by Thérèse Levasseur, a servant girl. The crowning achievement of his political philosophy was The Social Contract, published in 1762. That same year he wrote an attack on religion that resulted in his exile to England. In 1770 Rousseau completed his Confessions. His last years were spent largely in France where he died in 1778.

Synopsis:

One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 014600194X
• ISBN 13: 9780146001949
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 54