Excerpt from Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Pourtant, je l'avais beaucoup aimé autrefois, quand j'avais plus d'illusions que je n'en ai aujour d'hui. Mais j'ai fait des expériences, j'ai vu de près des réalités que je n'avais aperçues que de loin; j'ai touché du doigt les conséquences de certaines idées de Rousseau. Et c'est pourquoi, quand je promis de parler de Jean - Jacques, je me proposais d'étudier surtout en lui le père de quelques - unes des plus fortes erreurs du XV...6 et du xixe siècle.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This profound book recounts the life of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a man of contradictions and a profoundly complex figure whose written works would dramatically shape the social, political, and cultural landscapes of Europe. Rousseau's Confessions, written later in his life, remain a powerful and unique work that offers an unfiltered and unsparing insight into the life, mind, and soul of an extraordinary man whose experiences and observations of the world would have a life-changing impact on Western society through works such as 'Emile, or On Education', the profoundly influential 'Discourse on Inequality', and the controversial yet seminal work 'The Social Contract'. The author's decision to center this book around Rousseau's personal writings, particularly his Confessions, provides a fascinating glimpse into the development of Rousseau's penetrating and revolutionary ideas on politics, education, and society. Through the author's analysis of Rousseau's life and literary output, this book invites the reader to explore the intellectual and personal evolution of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the Enlightenment era. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9780243227839_0
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