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Quotation from Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“My arteries began beating so violently that I not only felt their motion, but even heard it, particularly that of the carotids, attended by a loud noise in my ears”
Confessions, Book VI, trans. Anonymous (Aldus Society, 1903)
The sudden attack at Les Charmettes, which left him hard of hearing with lifelong buzzing in the ears.
Citation: "My arteries began beating so violently that I not only felt their motion, but even heard it, particularly that of the carotids, attended by a loud noise in my ears" — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Confessions, Book VI, trans. Anonymous (Aldus Society, 1903). (id rousseaus-confessions-q5)
Portrait: Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Maurice Quentin de La Tour, Public domain.
