Chapter 23 "Confessions"

Now I would like to recommend a very important book - Jean-Jacques Rousseau's.I can imagine that very few people read it not out of interest, though many find it disgusting when they do.If you think the study of human nature is the most interesting thing, then this book will definitely benefit you a lot, because Rousseau is very frank, showing his soul naked to the world.Unlike other writers who, even when they describe their fragility, are ultimately touching, Rousseau relentlessly confesses his ingratitude, arrogance, dishonesty, vileness, and meanness.Facing him like this, you can't give sympathy, because he is so hideous, but this is his love of true beauty.His melancholy is so tender, his narrative gift so uncanny that no matter how much you resent it, you're still captivated.This is the confession of a weak-willed, irascible, empty, miserable man, and I think anyone who is completely honest with himself will read it and ask himself, "Is there really much difference between him and me? Now I am dumbfounded by his confession, but if I dissect myself completely, can I really be better than him?" So I remind you that anyone who reads this book will shake his self-satisfaction, and this complacency , is our main protection in the face of this difficult world.