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"Reveries of a Solitary Walker" Author: [France] Jean-Jacques Rousseau Publisher: Nanjing University Press Translator: Yuan Xiaoyi
"Reveries of a Solitary Walker" Author: [France] Jean-Jacques Rousseau Publisher: Nanjing University Press Translator: Yuan Xiaoyi
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Introduction · · · · · ·
"Reveries of a Solitary Walker (Excerpt)" is the last work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau before his death, and it is also his most distinctive immortal work that has been passed down to future generations. As the founder of the humanities, Rousseau's dazzling reputation fell in his later years and he was exiled. "No brothers, neighbors, friends, no one to associate with." In his deep boredom with the surrounding environment and the contradictory mentality in his bones that could not be abandoned, he wrote these ten walks (creating the form of "prose poetry") in an attempt to calm his anxiety. He talked about enjoying peace, tranquility, and loneliness again and again, but his contradictions and hesitations can be seen between the lines. It is in such a dialogue with himself that we see the real Rousseau and his shining thoughts on those basic questions of life: Why do people live? How should people live? Is human nature good or evil? ... The proud Rousseau appears more intimate and touching in these ten walks.
About the Author · · · · · ·
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a famous French Enlightenment thinker, philosopher, educator and writer. He was born in a watchmaker's family in Geneva, Switzerland. He was an ideological pioneer of the French Revolution in the 18th century and one of the most outstanding representatives of the Enlightenment. In philosophy, Rousseau advocated that feeling is the source of knowledge and adhered to the view of "naturalism"; he emphasized that human nature is good and faith is higher than reason. In terms of social outlook, Rousseau adhered to the theory of social contract and advocated the establishment of the "rational kingdom" of the bourgeoisie; he advocated freedom and equality and opposed large private ownership and its oppression; he proposed the "theory of natural human rights" and opposed autocracy and tyranny. In education, he advocated that the purpose of education is to cultivate natural people; he opposed feudal education that harmed and despised children and demanded to improve the status of children in education; he advocated reforming the content and methods of education, conforming to the nature of children, and allowing their body and mind to develop freely, reflecting the requirements of the bourgeoisie and the broad masses of working people to be liberated from feudal autocracy. His main works include "On the Origin and Basis of Human Inequality", "The Social Contract", "Emile", "Confessions", etc.
Yuan Xiaoyi is a professor, doctoral supervisor and translator of the French Department of East China Normal University. She has translated Life Abroad, Wandering Stars, Reveries of a Solitary Walker, A Biography of Duras, and A Love Story to D.
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