Walkabout Imagination Record

Author: [French] Rousseau / Xu Jizeng
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: The "Foreign Classics" series recommends a collection of exquisite foreign cultural books to readers. The works selected in this series come from renowned authors from various countries and are considered the essence of the humanities. Many of them are representative works of the authors and are easy to read and recite. They cover a wide range of topics and styles, including literature, history, philosophy, religion, society, ethics, as well as essays, sketches, travelogues, autobiographies, novels, and treatises. A small book can embody the wisdom of humanity, allowing us to connect with the world through relaxed reading. Rousseau's literary works possess distinct characteristics. He advocates selfhood, expresses emotions, and loves nature, and is widely recognized as a pioneer of 19th-century European Romantic literature. These characteristics are more prominent in Walks and Reflections than in any of his other works. In this piece, Rousseau is the Rousseau of a naive state.