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Les Confessions
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Une édition de référence des Confessions de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Je suis né à Genève en 1712, d’Isaac Rousseau, citoyen, et de Suzanne Bernard, citoyenne. Un bien fort médiocre à partager entre quinze enfants ayant réduit presque à rien la portion de mon père, il n’avait pour subsister que son métier d’horloger, dans lequel il était à la vérité fort habile. Ma mère, fille du ministre Bernard était plus riche ; elle avait de la sagesse et de la beauté ; ce n’était pas sans peine que mon père l’avait obtenue. Leurs amours avaient commencé presque avec leur vie : dès l’âge de huit à neuf ans, ils se promenaient ensemble tous les soirs sur la Treille ; à dix ans, ils ne pouvaient plus se quitter. » (Extrait du livre I.)
« Je suis né à Genève en 1712, d’Isaac Rousseau, citoyen, et de Suzanne Bernard, citoyenne. Un bien fort médiocre à partager entre quinze enfants ayant réduit presque à rien la portion de mon père, il n’avait pour subsister que son métier d’horloger, dans lequel il était à la vérité fort habile. Ma mère, fille du ministre Bernard était plus riche ; elle avait de la sagesse et de la beauté ; ce n’était pas sans peine que mon père l’avait obtenue. Leurs amours avaient commencé presque avec leur vie : dès l’âge de huit à neuf ans, ils se promenaient ensemble tous les soirs sur la Treille ; à dix ans, ils ne pouvaient plus se quitter. » (Extrait du livre I.)
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jean Jacques Rousseau was a writer, composer, and philosopher that is widely recognized for his contributions to political philosophy. His most known writings are Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract.
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5It's a toss-up which book is worse, Confessions, or Crime and Punishment, which was about a whiny spoiled brat neglecting to notice how everyone around him is breaking their back for his benefit - or notices, but doesn't care. Here, Rousseau notices and claims to care, but calls them suckers for doing so.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A model of self analysis, engagingly endless. The self doubt of the exceptional is reassuring. Though the translator is the same, my copy's cover is a detail of a drawing of Rousseau by Maurice Quentin-de-la-Tour.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Boring and after the spankings I couldn't bear to read anymore.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A wonderful autobiography from a brilliant mind. Rousseau's story is all here including his many admitted vices. In reading this work, I not only was impressed with his humanity but with his kindness - and yet he abandoned a child he fathered. Quite an interesting man. I also discovered that pedophilia and homosexuality had been a problem within the Catholic Church at least since he had attended a seminary while a youth and, despite his attempts to seek redress against a colleague from the establishment, he was disciplined. It caused him to re-evaluate his faith. Kind of prophetic.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I listened to the audio of this book and found it very interesting. I liked Rousseau's honesty and found him to be a very brilliant man. He had a very entertaining insight of human nature but I found him to be a bit bizarre at times. He was a truly fascinating person, and this classic work of autobiography and the Enlightenment period is not to be missed.
- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The 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 flat in the middle and turned into a recitation of ills towards the end.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Very entertaining, even without a deep background in the era about which Rousseau is writing. He is apparently making up, or mis-remembering a great deal of it, but that isn't really the point. It's seeing a man of over 200 years ago come to life completely. His paranoia is a little annoying after a while, since none of the horrible things he thinks are happening seem to really have that much effect on him. This is one of those classics that truly is a classic when you pick it up.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Surprisingly readable translation. Paper very acidic, browned throughout. Jacket back, flaps still with book. Signed "Barbara Donnelly". Street sale in Greenwich Village 1988.