The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau — Jean Jacques Rousseau

My brother who was seven years older than myself was brought up to my father s profession The extraordinary affection they lavished on me might be the reason he was too much neglected this certainly was a fault which cannot be justified His education and morals suffered by this neglect and he acquired the habits of a libertine before he arrived at an age to be really one My father tried what effect placing him with a master would produce but he still persisted in the same ill conduct Though I saw him so seldom that it could hardly be said we were acquainted I loved him tenderly and believe he had as strong an affection for me as a youth of his dissipated turn of mind could be supposed capable of One day I remember when my father was correcting him severely I threw myself between them embracing my brother whom I covered with my body receiving the strokes designed for him

The Confessions is an autobiographical book by Jean Jacques Rousseau In modern times it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from Saint Augustine s Confessions Covering the first fifty three years of Rousseau s life up to 1765 it was completed in 1769 but not published until 1782 four years after Rousseau s death even though Rousseau did read excerpts of his manuscript publicly at various salons and other meeting places

The Confessions is an autobiographical book by Jean Jacques Rousseau In modern times it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from Saint Augustine s Confessions Covering the first fifty three years of Rousseau s life up to 1765 it was completed in 1769 but not published until 1782 four years after Rousseau s death even though Rousseau did read excerpts of his manuscript publicly at various salons and other meeting places