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Rousseau recognized the unique nature of his work; it opens with the famous words: My purpose is to display to my kind a portrait in every way true to nature, and the man I shall portray will be myself. The Confessions is also noted for its detailed account of Rousseau's more humiliating and shameful moments.
For instance, Rousseau recounts an incident when, while a servant, he covered up his theft of a ribbon by framing a young girl—who was working in the house—for the crime. According to historian Paul Johnson , Rousseau's autobiography contains many inaccuracies. Vaughn have reached judgments in favor of Rousseau. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Story of Civilization Volume Amour de soi Amour-propre General will. Retrieved from " https: All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April Articles with Project Gutenberg links Articles with French-language external links Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the Encyclopedia Americana with a Wikisource reference Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers.
Views Read Edit View history. It will soon appear how different from these those of the rest of my life have been.
To recall them to my mind would be to renew their bitterness. Far from increasing that of my situation by these sorrowful reflections, I repel them as much as possible, and in this endeavor often succeed so well as to be unable to find them at will. This facility of forgetting my misfortunes is a consolation which Heaven has reserved to me in the midst of those which fate has one day to accumulate upon my head.
My memory, which presents to me no objects but such as are agreeable, is the happy counterpoise of my terrified imagination, by which I foresee nothing but a cruel futurity. You can download Apple Books from the App Store.
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