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The Confessions of Jean Jaques Rousseau - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Confessions of Jean Jaques Rousseau
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The Confessions is Jean-Jacques Rousseau's autobiography. Covering his 1st 53 years, up to 1765, it was completed in 1769, but unpublished until 1782, four years after his death, even tho he read excerpts of the manuscript publicly at various times. The Confessions were two distinct works of six... show more
The Confessions is Jean-Jacques Rousseau's autobiography. Covering his 1st 53 years, up to 1765, it was completed in 1769, but unpublished until 1782, four years after his death, even tho he read excerpts of the manuscript publicly at various times. The Confessions were two distinct works of six books apiece. Books I-VI were written between 1765 & 1767, & published
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: The Modern Library
Pages no: 683
Edition language: English
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4.0 Confessions (World's Classics)
Can you love a man who purchases a small girl to be raised by him and his friend for sexual purposes. My answer to that question is no but one can love or at least like-quite-a-bit his book.Rousseau is maybe not a great philosopher but was certainly a good one. His confessions reveal him as a trul...
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1.0 Confessions (Oxford World's Classics)
The jacket explains that this book was revolutionary when it was published, but it didn't move me at all. I found him a bit of a whinger, somewhat unsympathetic and naieve. The opening section was interesting, exploring how his character had been shaped by experiences when young, but it fell awfuly ...
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