LoginThe Confessions (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)
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When it was first published in 1781, The Confessions scandalised Europe with its emotional honesty and frank treatment of the author's sexual and intellectual development. Since then, it has had a more profound impact on European thought. Rousseau left posterity a model of the reflective life - the solitary, uncompromising individual, the enemy of servitude and habit and the selfish egoist who dedicates his life to a particular ideal. The Confessions recreates the world in which he progressed from incompetent engraver to grand success; his enthusiasm for experience, his love of nature, and his uncompromising character make him a
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Manufacturer: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Release date: 1 September 1996
ISBN-10 : 1853264652 | ISBN-13: 9781853264658
Release date: 1 September 1996
ISBN-10 : 1853264652 | ISBN-13: 9781853264658
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