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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 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 the personal quality of one's own existence.
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JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU (1712-1778) was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth-century Europe. His works were, and are, widely read, and he has been firmly established as a significant intellectual figure. His works and ideas influenced several noted philosophers and leaders of the French Revolution.
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''(Narrator) Davidson's articulate and lightly vocalized rendering is an invaluable help to the listener . . . This audio may be savored over time, and is well worth the effort. Davidson's cultured, ironic tone meshes well with Rousseau canny genius.'' --Kliatt
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Confessions: v. 2 (Everyman's Library) Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
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Rousseau. Confessions. Volume Two. Everyman's Library. 860
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Dent/Dutton, London/New York, 1971
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Reprint. Hardback. Rousseau Confessions. Volume Two. Couple of marks to end inside covers from removal of old sellotape. Sunned spine to D/J. Price clipped to D/J. This is the great Confession Book in which Rousseau poured out the secrets of his soul and revealed the inmost contradictions of his human nature, by turns sentimental, sensual, dreadfully sincere, and at times deceptively insincere.296pp. .(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions, Reference books ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 033980
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