Rousseau's enlightenment thought has a far-reaching influence on later generations. What kind of person is Rousseau? Politically, it advocates social contract theory and equality of all people, and puts forward that everyone is born free. Philosophically, human nature is good, and the relationship between human morality and law is explained. In educational thought, it is unprecedented to conform to nature and natural education and to conform to children's physical and mental development in the natural state. In fact, every viewpoint is Rousseau's resistance to feudal religion and his awakening to the people. In his life, Rousseau's private life was extremely chaotic, and he kept a lover relationship with many women at the same time. He and his wife, Delleva, have five children, all of whom are sent to nurseries to keep their minds sound. After living with his wife for 23 years, he held a simple wedding for her. Different people have different views on this.
If Rousseau is a person, he is a pioneer and a great man in thought, but he is not a good father and a good husband in life.
Why did Rousseau write Confessions?
Rousseau was a famous thinker and philosopher during the French Enlightenment, leaving behind many romantic literary masterpieces, and was also a popular writer at that time. In the last period of time, Rousseau wrote a shocking confession and re-examined and recognized himself. But why Rousseau wrote Confessions has been lingering in people's hearts like a mystery. After all, it is difficult for ordinary people or great men to criticize their past crimes in the book.
Rousseau's position in France is enough for him to publish his autobiography and make him immortal. However, Rousseau was born in poverty, started as a tramp, experienced various ups and downs and drifted, and finally made achievements in the literary world and was unique in philosophy. Rousseau fully meets the requirements of writing an autobiography, but he refused and didn't want to implicate others in his autobiography.
However, with the ideological differences between Rousseau and other literati at that time, the mutual attacks in literature intensified. The government and the church began to suppress Rousseau, and even the original friends around them stood on the other side to slander and attack him. In order to protect himself, Rousseau began to write confessions and defended himself by judging himself. This is why Rousseau wrote Confessions.
Rousseau made a completely true interpretation of himself in Confessions. No matter whether he was hypocritical or noble at that time, Rousseau wrote them down one by one, as if he had never been so honest and serious to himself. Rousseau's Confessions is an autobiography of self-protection, and he had to write Rotation in this form, which is also the reason why Rousseau wrote Confessions.
Where is Rousseau's rebellious spirit now?
Rousseau and rebellious spirit are an inseparable whole. In that stupid and decadent society at that time, without Rousseau, there would be no rebellious spirit, and there would be no outstanding achievements of Rousseau during the Enlightenment. The rebellious spirit was initiated by Rousseau for a century, and finally left a permanent spiritual totem for future generations.
Rousseau's rebellious spirit is mainly reflected in his political, philosophical and educational thoughts. Politically, Rousseau put forward the view that everyone is equal and endowed with human rights. His theory of social contract is an imaginative exposition of the relationship between man and society. Everyone is equal before the contract, and the ruler should abide by it. In the numb crowd at that time, Rousseau's theory exploded and guided the later French Revolution and American Revolution. This is a manifestation of rebellious spirit. In philosophy, Rousseau discussed the relationship between social laws and human morality, put forward the view that human nature is good, and profoundly demonstrated human free will. Under the rule of religion, society is pedantic and broken, and people's bondage to religion is deeply rooted. In his view, human freedom and law are social contract relations, which also reflects his rebellious spirit.
In educational thought, Rousseau excessively advocated natural development and conformed to children's nature. Although there were some limitations at that time, after all, the development of children still needed the guidance of adults. However, in the environment of children's religious education, Rousseau's excessive advocacy is a strong resistance to feudal thought. Enlightenment is the concentrated expression of Rousseau and rebellious spirit. Rousseau's tomb still stands in the northeast corner of Paris, France. The cemetery is on an island in the lake, and no one can disturb it. This shows Rousseau's importance to France. Rousseau and rebellious spirit, after the Enlightenment, guided a direction of freedom and democracy just like giving people weapons in thought.