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Confronting our contradictions; Listeners were shocked when Rousseau read his banned 'Confessions' aloud.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book Review)

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From: The Christian Science Monitor
Date: 20051213
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Byline: Tom D'Evelyn

The bare facts of the life of Jean-Jacques Rousseau are not reassuring. Born in Geneva in 1712, he lost his mother as an infant; his relationships with women, often platonic, sometimes masochistic, seemed doomed from the start. His father, a Calvinist watchmaker, provided little reason to stay at home, and by his mid-teens Rousseau had set out on a series of attempts to make a living, including petty thievery, all of which ended unhappily.

Eventually, he settled on copying music and practiced this lowly but demanding trade for the rest of his life. ...

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