Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) - Confessions

In memoriam Jean-Jacques Rousseau who passed on 2nd July 1778.

The "Confessions" of Rousseau was one of the first autobiographies in which an individual wrote of his own life and focusing on his worldly experiences and personal feelings.

Rousseau recognized the unique nature of his work; the book opens with the famous words: "I have resolved on an enterprise which has no precedent and which, once complete, will have no imitator. 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."

Rousseau may have been wrong in thinking no one will attempt to imitate his enterprise, though in the long run, he cemented his name in the Pantheon of mankind by writing about Liberty and Equality. "The Social Contract" was a milestone and a Revolution on paper...