The Confessions of JeanJacques Rousseau Author:Jean Jacques Rousseau "I am commencing an undertaking, hitherto without precedent, and which will never find an imitator." With these words Jean-Jacques Rousseau began one of the most astoundingly frank revelations of the human soul ever recorded. Shocking though the CONFESSIONS may be, they are more interesting than most novels. For they are an extraordinary portrai... more »t of a genius who lived many lives - philosopher, lover, spy, musician, novelist - a man who knew intimately the greatest figures of the eighteenth century.« less