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Rousseau's First Discourse Live at ACTC | The New Thinkery Ep. 40

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What's the Best Thing About Rousseau?

Rousseau wrote the most widely read and highest-selling novel of the 18th century. The Confessions is his best known, but then he has one called Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques. And forgetting, he wrote three autobiographical works. He's written on everything from botany to musical notation. His final work, which is one of my most favorites, is an auto-didies - it's a bit of a fabulous story.

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