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Reveries of a Solitary Walker (or Reveries of the Solitary Walker, French title: Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire) is an unfinished book
Unfinished work

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 by French
France

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 philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau was a major philosopher, writer, and composer of the eighteenth century The Age of Enlightenment, whose political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political and educational thought....
, written between 1776 and 1778. It was the last of a number of works composed toward the end of his life which were deeply autobiographical
Autobiography

An autobiography is a biography written by its subject . The term was first used by the poet Robert Southey in 1809 in the English language Periodical publication Quarterly Review, but the form goes back to antiquity....
 in nature. Previous elements in this group included The Confessions
Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Confessions is an autobiography book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In modern times, it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from St....
 and Dialogues: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques.






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Reveries of a Solitary Walker (or Reveries of the Solitary Walker, French title: Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire) is an unfinished book
Unfinished work

An unfinished work is a creative work that has not been finished. Its creator might have chosen never to finish it, or have been prevented by circumstances outside of his or her control ....
 by French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau was a major philosopher, writer, and composer of the eighteenth century The Age of Enlightenment, whose political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political and educational thought....
, written between 1776 and 1778. It was the last of a number of works composed toward the end of his life which were deeply autobiographical
Autobiography

An autobiography is a biography written by its subject . The term was first used by the poet Robert Southey in 1809 in the English language Periodical publication Quarterly Review, but the form goes back to antiquity....
 in nature. Previous elements in this group included The Confessions
Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

Confessions is an autobiography book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In modern times, it is often published with the title The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in order to distinguish it from St....
 and Dialogues: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques. The book is divided into ten chapters called Walks. The Eighth Walk and Ninth Walk were completed, but not revised by Rousseau, and the Tenth Walk was incomplete at Rousseau's death. The first publication was in 1782.

The content of the book is a mix of autobiographical anecdote
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, descriptions of the sights, especially plants, that Rousseau saw in his walks around Paris
Paris

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, and elaborations and extensions of arguments previously made by Rousseau in fields like education
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 and political philosophy
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