The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau — Volume 01

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book I. by Jean Jacques RousseauThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book I.Author: Jean Jacques RousseauRelease Date: December 6, 2004 [EBook #3901]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ROUSSEAU ***Produced by David WidgerTHE CONFESSIONS OF JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU(In 12 books)Privately Printed for the Members of the Aldus SocietyLondon, 1903BOOK I.CONTENTS: Introduction—S.W. Orson Book I.INTRODUCTION.Among the notable books of later times-we may say, without exaggeration, of all time—must be reckoned TheConfessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau. It deals with leading personages and transactions of a momentous epoch,when absolutism and feudalism were rallying for their last struggle against the modern spirit, chiefly represented byVoltaire, the Encyclopedists, and Rousseau himself—a struggle to which, after many fierce intestine quarrels andsanguinary wars throughout Europe and America, has succeeded the prevalence of those more tolerant and rationalprinciples by which the statesmen of our own day are actuated.On these matters, however, it is not our province to enlarge; nor is it necessary to furnish any detailed ...