![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Like Goethe’s Werther, it is a misunderstood young genius who appears in the Confessions. His works contain a whole range of themes that were to become the staples of Romanticism. He had to make his own way and did so largely as a copier of music, spending considerable time in Paris, moving among the philosophes but remaining solitary in consequence of his irascible and sensitive nature. He was born in Geneva: the opening pages of his Confessions which appear below, describe his family circumstances. He certainly was one of the most influential thinkers of modern times, and his works have been used as sources of stimulation or authority for an immense variety of social, political, and aesthetic positions. Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) has been accused of as well as credited with causing both the Romantic movement and the French Revolution (or whatever was good or evil in each). ![]()
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