The Reveries of a Solitary Walker by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Reveries of a Solitary Walker

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

196 pages first pub 1782 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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The struggle between Rousseau's yearning for solitude and his need for society is the central theme of the Reveries.In the two years before his death in 1778, Jean-Jacques Rousseau composed the ten meditations of Reveries of the Solitary Walker. C...

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