The Confessions Of Jean Jacques Rousseau
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| Rating | : | 4.89 (552 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B009ZDNQ7W |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 468 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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Five Stars It was a great deal as well as the book. The seller was great and did everything as described. Rousseau's tender underbelly Trish Not quite finished with the book, but I think it is a remarkable glimpse into the inner workings of a brilliant mind. He applies little filter to his basest impulses, yet glosses the immense workload he regularly took on throughout his life. He longs for pure love, yet thinks little about turning over his three illegitimate infants in succession to a foundling home. A complex story of a man who prizes manners, yet craves the rustic life, far from the wealthy drawing rooms of his patrons and friends. Fascinating reading.. Amazing mind in amazing times I teach an acting class and as part of it I try to introduce students to great minds and lives of the past they are probably unaware of having been educated in American in the 20th Century. One way I do this is through first person texts. What did that man experience? What did he think? What was his life? Not as told from a biographer but from the man himself. Rousseau's ideas on man, and freedom, and government framed thinking in the Enlightenment that in turn became an element of the American model of freedom. How did he g
About the AuthorPhilosopher, author, and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) wrote treatises on education and politics as well as novels and operas. One of the most influential and controversial of the Enlightenment thinkers, he inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and bridged the transition from 18th-century reason to 19th-century romanticism.
One of the most influential and controversial of the Enlightenment thinkers, he inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and bridged the transition from 18th-century reason to 19th-century romanticism.. Philosopher, author, and composer Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) wrote treatises on education and politics as well as novels and operas
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