Published between 1762 and 1765, these writings are the last works Rousseau wrote for publication during his lifetime. Responding in each to the censorship and burning of Emile and Social Contract, Rousseau airs his views on censorship, religion, and the relation between theory and practice in politics.
The Letter to Beaumont is a response to a Pastoral Letter by Christophe de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris (also included in this volume), which attacks the religious teaching in Emile. Rousseau's response concerns the general theme of the relation between reason and revelation and contains his most explicit and boldest discussions of the Christian doctrines of creation, miracles, and original sin.
In Letters Written from the Mountain, a response to the political crisis in Rousseau's homeland of Geneva caused by a dispute over the burning of his works, Rousseau extends his discussion of Christianity and shows how the political principles of the Social Contract can be applied to a concrete constitutional crisis. One of his most important statements on the relation between political philosophy and political practice, it is accompanied by a fragmentary "History of the Government of Geneva."
Finally, "Vision of Peter of the Mountain, Called the Seer" is a humorous response to a resident of Motiers who had been inciting attacks on Rousseau during his exile there. Taking the form of a scriptural account of a vision, it is one of the rare examples of satire from Rousseau's pen and the only work he published anonymously after his decision in the early 1750s to put his name on all his published works. Within its satirical form, the "Vision" contains Rousseau's last public reflections on religious issues.
Neither the Letter to Beaumont nor the Letters Written from the Mountain has been translated into English since defective translations that appeared shortly after their appearance in French. These are the first translations of both the "History" and the "Vision."
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从文学技法的角度来看,这套文集展现了一种近乎矛盾的统一性:既有极强的内省深度,又保持着一种疏离的、近乎科学家的客观冷静。作者似乎同时扮演着一个热烈燃烧的殉道者和一个冷眼旁观的记录者。信件的形式使得作品带有一种天然的亲密感,但其内容的哲学重量却又瞬间将读者推远。这种张力,使得阅读体验充满了戏剧性。我特别留意到作者对于“时间”的独特处理——时间在山中似乎失去了牛顿式的线性约束,它既可以被无限拉长,容纳下漫长的等待,也可以在一次突然的灵光乍现中被瞬间压缩。这种对时间感知能力的重塑,是这本书最具有颠覆性的贡献之一。它要求读者放弃习惯性的阅读节奏,学会接受“慢”与“静”本身就是一种有力的叙事方式。
评分总而言之,这是一部需要被“体验”而非简单“阅读”的作品。它不像一本会让你在咖啡馆里轻松翻阅的书籍,它更像是一次你需要全副武装、深入无人之地的探险。那些关于“山居”的记录,其细腻程度足以构建出一个完整的、自洽的生态系统,在这个系统中,人类的脆弱与自然的宏伟形成了鲜明的对比,却又奇妙地达成了和解。我从中读到了一种近乎苦涩的清醒——认识到人生的局限性,但同时又坚守住那份不肯屈服的探求精神。它对现代都市生活所带来的精神贫瘠提供了一种强有力的、近乎对抗性的解药。读完后,我感觉自己的感官被重新校准了,对周围世界细微变化的敏感度明显提高。这并非一本轻松愉快的书,但它的回味悠长,如同山风拂过之后的空气,清冽而凛冽,让人精神一振。
评分我必须坦诚,这本书的阅读体验是极具挑战性的,它拒绝了任何形式的迎合或捷径。文字的密度大得惊人,仿佛作者的每一个心跳、每一个思绪的转折,都被刻意地压缩进了有限的篇幅之中。初翻时,我感觉自己像是在解读一幅极其复杂的古老地图,上面布满了只有特定文化背景下才能理解的符号和典故。叙事的逻辑并非线性的,而是遵循着一种内在的情感风暴或哲思的螺旋上升。某些信件的片段,尤其那些似乎写给“博蒙特”的只言片语,充满了晦涩的典故和私人化的指涉,初看时让人一头雾水,仿佛窥视到了不该触碰的秘密仪式。然而,正是这种高傲的、不愿轻易被大众理解的姿态,反而为作品增添了一种近乎神谕般的庄重感。它不是供人消遣的读物,更像是对那些敢于深入思想荒原的探险家们设置的门槛。一旦跨越,那些原本坚硬的石块便开始溶解,露出背后潜藏的对美与永恒的执着追求。
评分这本厚重的文集,初读之下,我被那种扑面而来的、近乎原始的、对自然与自我存在的深刻凝视所震撼。它不像是一般的书信集,倒更像是一位隐士在时间长河中留下的断片,每一个字都像是从嶙峋的岩石缝隙中艰难挤出来的精粹。作者的笔触,时而如鹰击长空般锐利,直指人心最隐秘的幽暗角落;时而又像山间的溪流,缓缓地、带着一种近乎冥想的节奏,描绘着光影在不同季节的变幻。尤其是那些关于“山”的描绘,绝非简单的风景速写,而是将山脉视为一个活生生的、具有意志的实体,与作者进行着无声的对话。阅读过程中,我常常需要停下来,合上书本,努力去捕捉那些在文字中一闪而逝的、那种“在场感”——那种赤足踩在湿润泥土上,闻到松针腐烂气息的真实体验。这本书的价值,不在于它提供了多少明确的答案,而在于它提出了无数深刻的、关于“何以为人”的诘问,迫使读者也开始审视自己与周围世界的边界。它需要耐心,需要沉浸,但一旦进入其构建的精神世界,便如同被一双看不见的手温柔地托举,看到了更广阔的风景。
评分这本书散发出的那种独特的“沉思的余温”,是极其罕见的。它不是那种热烈的、充满激情的宣言,而是一种渗透力极强的、渗透到骨髓里的清冷与自省。我特别欣赏作者在描述日常琐事时所展现出的那种近乎苛刻的精确性——比如对一盏油灯光芒角度的捕捉,或是对风穿过山谷时发出的特定声响的捕捉。这些微小之处,非但没有拖沓,反而构建了一个无比坚实且可信的“时间容器”。它让你意识到,我们常常因为追求宏大叙事而忽略了生命中最本质的组成单元——那些稍纵即逝的瞬间。读完某些篇章,会产生一种奇特的时空错位感,仿佛自己也参与了作者在那些偏僻山居中的漫长等待。这种等待,不是无所事事的虚度,而是在不动声色中完成内在的重塑与更新。对于那些寻求心灵栖息地而非喧嚣娱乐的人来说,这本书无疑是一座宁静的灯塔。
评分polemical works are always much clearer than theoretical ones. @2019-03-01 01:50:36
评分polemical works are always much clearer than theoretical ones.
评分polemical works are always much clearer than theoretical ones.
评分polemical works are always much clearer than theoretical ones. @2019-03-01 01:50:36
评分polemical works are always much clearer than theoretical ones. @2019-03-01 01:50:36
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