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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Paperback | Pages: 676 pages

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Title	:	Confessions
Author	:	Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Oxford World's Classics
Pages	:	Pages: 676 pages
Published	:	May 18th 2000 by Oxford University Press (first published 1789)
Categories	:	Philosophy. Classics. Biography. Nonfiction. Cultural. France. Autobiography. Memoir

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In his Confessions 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 analyses with unique insight the relationship between an elusive but essential inner self and the variety of social identities he was led to adopt. The book vividly illustrates the mixture of moods and motives that underlie the writing of autobiography: defiance and vulnerability, self-exploration and denial, passion, puzzlement, and detachment. Above all, Confessions is Rousseau's search, through every resource of language, to convey what he despairs of putting into words: the personal quality of one's own existence.

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Original Title:	Les Confessions
ISBN:	0192822756 (ISBN13: 9780192822758)
Edition Language:	English

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I would never have read The Confessions had it not been for the admiration W.G. Sebald expresses for the man and his works in his A Place in the Country. The writing here is lucid, often floridly emotional, but its the density of Rousseaus memory that astonishes. His focus on a single incident or individual is uncanny; his retrospective interpretations can go on for pages. And this was a man with substantial social deficits. In Book Three, it becomes clear that the author suffered from something

As is true about classics, they are not only a very authentic expression of the authors views and ideas, but also by large, present a mirror for the world we live in. This is one reason why it is difficult to review them. For, it calls not only an undivided attention towards the ideas expressed and opinions raised, but also for a deep introspection; a meditation on the relevance of ideas presented, their importance on the working of society and their necessity in the wake of everyday life.

This book is a revelation as it seemed to me a portrait, or perhaps a mask, of the heightened sensibilities of the interior monologue of a genius. "Since my name is certain to live on among men, I do not want the reputation it transmits to be a false one." Indeed, his honesty is remarkable as he writes about the abandonment of his children, his relationship with lovers and his intimate proclivities. Rousseau's life was a fascinating study of an extraordinary and innovative mind. He dined

A huge heavy book for those who are interested in knowing how a very detail in a philosopher's life has made him the way he is when he becomes famous. And how the world goes on and you are going to be hated by those who have loved you once. This is the book which simplifies every single thought which has ever come to your mind and you have considered it as ignorable for its pettiness. But for a philosopher, nothing in life can be passed by without being observed contemplated over.

I don't know if I've ever read a book whose narrator was so self obsessed or deluded. But, honest and occasionally interesting.

This is one of those books that is probably going to go down as a tick off the literary bucket list, but that I can't say I enjoyed reading. The crux of the matter is that I just don't really care about Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Had this book not been on a university reading list (for a module about confession and autobiography, of which it is a pioneer and therefore very much had to be read), I don't think that I'd ever have found the motivation to read it because, let me tell you, enduring over

This certainly is a unique document: especially through its introspection and boldness. It explains a lot of Rousseau's later behaviour. But, to be honest, after a while the personality of Rousseau really gets irritating. And that makes the reading difficult.