Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Reveries of the Solitary Walker (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Born on June 28, 1712, the Genevan philosopher, novelist and essayist Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most prominent and definitive minds of the Enlightenment. Self-taught, Rousseau dabbled in many fields, keeping journals of his interests in science, mathematics, music, astronomy, botany, music, literature, and philosophy. He achieved sudden success and subsequent fame with his "A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences", a work that cemented his pivotal place in the history of the Enlightenment and philosophy as a whole. "Reveries of the Solitary Walker" is an unfinished work, one of the last composed in Rousseau's lifetime. The book is composed of ten chapters, called "walks". Walks eight and nine were never revised, and the tenth walk is incomplete. Regardless, this work, like others written near the end of his life, is greatly autobiographical, consisting of descriptions of walks he took around Paris, as well as further comment on arguments he previously made, concerning education and political philosophy, among other subjects. This edition includes a biographical afterword.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Neeland Media LLC
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781420980387
• Artikelnr.: 63125771

Autorenporträt

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva in 1712. Abandoned by his father at the age of ten, he left the city in 1728 and from then on wandered Europe, searching for happiness. In 1732 he settled for eight years at Les Charmettes, remembered in his book Confessions. In 1741 he moved to Paris where he met Diderot, in the meantime fathering five children, all of whom he abandoned. His corwning achievement is his work of political philosophy, The Social Contract, which was published in 1762. He died in 1778. Peter France is the author of books on French and Russian literature and has translated widely from both languages.

Inhaltsangabe

Reveries of the Solitary Walker - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Introduction
A Brief Chronology
First Walk
Second Walk
Third Walk
Fourth Walk
Fifth Walk
Sixth Walk
Seventh Walk
Eighth Walk
Ninth Walk
Tenth Walk