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Quotation from Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“I was in an agitation which approached a delirium”
Confessions, Book VIII, trans. Anonymous (Aldus Society, 1903)
Rousseau's state on reaching Vincennes in 1749 after reading the Dijon Academy's question; he later calls the moment the source of all his misfortunes.
Citation: "I was in an agitation which approached a delirium" — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions, Book VIII, trans. Anonymous (Aldus Society, 1903). (id rousseaus-confessions-q10)
Portrait: Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain.
