Rousseau himself, and his work, seems to be highly regarded by intellectual women, including, of course, Chinese women. It's a phenomenon that almost no one has explored. For reasons of space, I will not support any specific examples here. Based on my personal experience and feedback from various types of information, I will make a simple explanation. And only describe the phenomenon, not delve into the theory.
(This article was edited by Silu Philosophy)
In fact, women who really like Rousseau tend to have the following experiences:
He gave women an unprecedented boost of confidence and quality. And the interpretation and feeling of his works have indeed made many women get substantial results. Rousseau's thoughts and words are particularly easy for women to absorb and enlighten. He gave women a deeper understanding and control over men after understanding some of his beautiful language, beautiful philosophies and so-called elegant talk. It also allows women to have better weapons that can eliminate their sharpness in the encounter with men. But the most important thing is not the above description, but some women unconsciously begin to think and use language and words like men, or like men. This is the biggest nightmare of those self-righteous men. What is really interesting is how terrible it is for men (including women) who have a high self-esteem when they retain the characteristics of traditional female thinking (e.g., image thinking) and then begin to acquire the characteristics of traditional male thinking (e.g., logical thinking). Unfortunately, some female parties are not aware of these changes in themselves, but simply recognize these exciting qualitative changes and the richness of connotations. I am not here to emphasize the differences and differences between men and women in similar fields, but only to describe a general phenomenon or a special case in a certain situation.
In real life, intellectual women will face talented men with an elegant and reserved attitude. But for the talented people whose lives are chaotic, whether they are beautiful in appearance, beautiful posture, or their images are not flattering, in addition to crazy onlookers, there is often an impulse to participate in it. This is why Rousseau, Dumas and the like made women flock to them.
Some of Rousseau's works satisfies, in some ways, the traditional role of intellectual women who like to be indoctrinated and indoctrinated. And his romantic color, superb language skills, and very suitable for women's needs for emotional imagination and description. He was a master of the ingenious fusion of philosophy, romance, and indoctrination. Without considering the other authors, let rousseau and Schopenhauer make a comparison: women like The French Rousseau, who wields wonderful ingenuity in a romantic and elegant atmosphere, thus arousing the strong attention of intellectual women. And the man's preference for the German Schopenhauer, his solemnity, profundity and breadth, just enough to satisfy the man's desire to show off his wisdom and vision, is indeed a very interesting phenomenon.
Rousseau was one of the great thinkers of mankind's history. He was a pioneer of republicanism, the initiator of Enlightenment thought, and the breaker and rebuilder of the idea of inequality in human beings. He wandered alone in confusion and contradiction, and meditated alone in sensitivity and wisdom, like a haggard fallen leaf, and finally drifted on the island of Bollis, where the French soul began to awaken.
Rousseau's life was full of loneliness, which was predestined from the beginning. On June 28, 1712, Rousseau was born in a watchmaker family that could only be subsisted by the citizens of Geneva, and as the mother of the female citizen of Geneva, Susana Bernal, he left the world due to difficult childbirth, leaving his wandering and adventurous father Isaac Rousseau to live with him. As soon as the amorous father and son have time, they are immersed in memories of their gentle wife and beautiful mother. The father said to Rousseau, "Jean-Jacques, let us talk about your mother!" Rousseau replied, "All right! Dad, we're going to cry again. For this endless longing for his wife and mother, the father and son also expressed it by reading the books left by their mother, always unconsciously, and when the swallows called in the morning, the two found that they had read all night. It was during this time that Rousseau finished reading all the books left by his mother and developed the habit of reading. The father's love for his mother is sincere, and he transfers all this love to Rousseau, so that the little Rousseau's heart is full of infinite tender touch, and the sentimental young soul often snuggles in the depths of the ocean of father's love.
However, this only love and affection in the world ended with a lawsuit caused by a father's contempt for power. His father ran away from home, and Rousseau had to be fostered in his uncle's house. Soon after, Rousseau was sent by his uncle to the home of a priest far from home to receive an education. The priest had a sister, Miss Lambercière, and during an experience of Rousseau's transgression, under the punishment of the gentle hand of this young lady, Rousseau initially tasted the carnal impulses of a teenager. So he always looked forward to committing a crime and reliving the pleasure that this young lady had given her hands. This enlightenment of lust actually hurts the contact between the hand and the body during the corporal punishment of Miss Lambercière, which leads to Rousseau's physical and mental pleasure, which not only shows Rousseau's desire for maternal love, but also understands his precocious puberty.
At the age of 16, Rousseau was introduced to Madame Warren by Father de Penville on a wandering journey. Rousseau saw Madame Warren's "charming face, a pair of tender and beautiful eyes, a radiant complexion, and the outline of a moving chest." "I was fascinated by her. Mrs. Warren was 12 years older than Rousseau, who called Rousseau "child" and Rousseau called Lady Warren "mother". The initial feelings of the two of them resemble mother and son. Born into an aristocratic family, Mrs. Warren escaped from marriage and converted to Catholicism after receiving an annuity from the king. Rousseau lived in Madame Warren's house, experienced many things, and read a lot of books, they discussed life and faith together, probably in his twenties, Rousseau, driven by involuntary love, broke through the shackles of the "mother-son" relationship, and gave his most precious virginity to his dear "mother", this sweet and happy love, which made Rousseau fascinated. Moral elements aside, Rousseau's love for Madame Warren is very pure, and Madame Warren's love for Rousseau is also noble. This noble love without any worldly prejudices, after many years of experience, was left alone because Rousseau could not stand the other love of "mother". Although Rousseau no longer possessed the most affectionate love of his "mother" physiologically, this love in his heart accompanied Rousseau throughout his life.
Rousseau was shy and shy by nature, but he was romantic and affectionate. At the age of eleven, he had a deeper understanding of love. During those days of most idleness, he fell in love with both Miss de Filsson, who was eleven years his senior, and Miss Gordon, who was about his own age, and he considered himself their common lover, both of which were indispensable. Once emotionally invested, he is immersed in the illusion of love for them. Thoughts and tears, sweetness and pain caused Rousseau to endure at a young age the torment of love that he should not have endured. He expressed these two innocent loves in the Confessions: "For both of them, I am equally afraid of falling out of favor, and I am considerate to one and obedient to the other. Give me all the wealth in the world, and I don't want to make Miss Filsson angry. But if Miss Gordon had ordered me to jump into the fire pit, I believeD, I would have done it right away. "This deep emotion doesn't feel like it happened to a teenager who was only eleven years old.
Rousseau objected to the vulgarity and dominance of love conferred by matter, arguing: "If the fire of lust is lit in my heart and women are needed, then the love that my excited heart desires more, and all the women who can be obtained with money, in my eyes, all their moving places will disappear." This understanding still has practical significance until now. Before Madame Warren, Rousseau's so-called love only stayed on the inner fantasy, and there was no actual breakthrough. At that time, in the depths of his young mind, apart from the imaginative purity of the opposite sex, he never thought of any other use of the opposite sex. It was his "mother", Mrs. Warren, who opened the emotional door to his spirit and desire. Rousseau has repeatedly defended his "incestuous" relationship with "Mother", arguing that "Mother" is not the kind of woman who indulges in lust, she is virtuous, and her physical relationship with him is on the one hand from the pure and kind feelings of "Mother", and on the other hand, from the beautiful motives of "Mother" generosity and sympathy.
At the time of his painful separation from Madame Warren, Rousseau was 30 years old, carrying a comedy manuscript called Narcissus and only fifteen gold louises, he renounced his beloved Geneva citizenship and went alone to Paris, the cultural center of France. In Paris, Rousseau became acquainted with some nobles and noble wives, and with the help of these noble wives, he found a position as secretary of the French ambassador to Venice. It did not take long for this position to end with Rousseau unable to tolerate the folly and arrogance of the ambassador. The ladies and ladies of Paris showed great enthusiasm and friendliness toward Rousseau, and on several occasions he almost fell into the arms of these vanity-minded women. But in the midst of a mistake, he became acquainted with Dalais Le Wasser, an Orleans maid at the hotel. The girl, who was about twenty-two or three years old, was simple, kind, lively and affectionate, and Rousseau told her that the two lived together on the premise that they would never abandon her and would never marry her. This poor girl, who complained that she had been seduced and lost her virginity because of her ignorance, took on the responsibility of supporting her whole family on the meager commission of being a maid, and when she told Rousseau all this, she was afraid that Rousseau would dislike her, which made Rousseau feel great sympathy.
Although Vasser had little culture and could not even recognize the clock, this did not prevent her from becoming Rousseau's most loyal companion. Rousseau was about ten years older than Vasser, and this partnership, Vasser, in a sense, only appeared as Rousseau's sex character. Rousseau needed a sexual partner, the emotion and caress he had just lost from "Mama" Mrs. Warren, and had to have an object to replace, and Vasser was undoubtedly the most suitable candidate. Vasser does not flirt and does not have the love of high-society ladies, but she is real to Rousseau, simple and unpretentious but gentle, whether in Rousseau's life or work, Vasser's presence is indispensable. Rousseau did not love Wasser, according to Rousseau, his love for Wasser was never a spark, but since they had this intimate relationship of life and death, Rousseau also had great respect for Wasser. Vasser gave birth to five children for Rousseau, but they were all sent to the nursery by Rousseau, and throughout their lives, these five children had no connection with their parents, they did not fulfill the love and responsibility that their parents should bear, and they were born to be finished. These five pitiful lives are merely the product of carnal desire, but not the crystallization of love, and rousseau himself has no way of knowing the future fate of these children. Rousseau has deeply repented of this, regarded it as a mistake, and at the same time made various justifications for himself. Rousseau's justification came mainly from two aspects, on the one hand, he was unable to raise the child at that time, rather than let the child suffer with him, it was better to send the child to the nursery, and the state raising would make the child better educated and happy. On the other hand, he believes that he and Vasser are only cohabiting, belonging to an abnormal marriage and family, and the children born are no different from illegitimate children, which is not conducive to the healthy growth of children. All these things, justification is justification, but there is always an embarrassment that cannot be justified, and the right and wrong in between, I believe that Rousseau also knows that it is not explained by some emotional language. Rousseau and Wasser were married in Paris in 1768 after living together for 25 years. Rousseau had said that he would never marry her, but he did not insist on it in his twilight years, and in addition to his gratitude to Vasser for so many years, he must have had the desire to marry himself. For so many years, he had been forced to wander, to suffer too many unjust treatments that could not be looked back upon, and no one ignored him, and regarded him as a monster and a madman, and only Vasser was willing to follow without complaint, but did not even give her a name, which could not be said in any way. The wedding was very grand and was presided over by the mayor. At the time of their marriage, Rousseau was 56 years old and had bid farewell to his wandering life and returned to Paris.
In Rousseau's life, there were only two women who had intimate relationships, one was his "mother" Madame Warren, and the other was his sexual partner Vasser. Neither woman represents his true love. Madame Warren is at best a perversion of Rousseau's mother, and Vasser is merely a fill in the blanks of his sex life. It is worth explaining that the appearance of these two women has historical significance. The former changed Rousseau's bad habits and saved Rousseau's fate; the latter could be called a confidant, saving Rousseau from water and fire. Rousseau was just a bastard in Geneva before he knew Madame Warren, he was not well educated, he had also done sneaky things, and even because he was dissatisfied with the nagging of his neighbors, he was a scoundrel who peed in the pot of the neighbor's house, and it was such a lost teenager who changed his ways by finding his "mother" Madame Warren and became a universally recognized thinker. As for Wasser, although she was powerless to change Rousseau, since living with Rousseau in 1754, she has undertaken the glorious mission of taking care of and guarding this outstanding figure, and she has witnessed Rousseau being ruthlessly abandoned by society and justice again and again, wandering from one country to another with Rousseau, never abandoning it, and pulling Rousseau back from death again and again, only to become Rousseau' giant of thought. Such two women are undoubtedly the rare "lucky stars" of Rousseau's life.
However, these two women also provide a pretext against Rousseau and then attack Rousseau, especially the "encyclopedic" school represented by Voltaire, the philosopher Rousseau most admired, and Diderot, who is most friendly with him, and make a big fuss about Rousseau's "incest" with "mother" Lady Warren and with Vasser's abandonment of children. They attacked Rousseau for his lack of morality, for not being worthy of talking about nobility and love, and for being "the most uncultured man in the world" who was not qualified to talk about so-called education at all, and incited the Church and all classes to oppose Rousseau, making the whole of Europe boil into a sea of condemnation of Rousseau, and making Rousseau suffer from his dissent. Rousseau was in absolute isolation, his writings ruthlessly torn up and burned, and with his poor and sick body, he still gave a profound critique of power politics and the system of human inequality with a voice full of sincere emotions and a voice defending the truth. His indomitable heroic image has set up a monument to mankind to uphold the truth.
On July 2, 1778, this lonely genius who combined philosophers, great men, and mortals suddenly felt a pain in his chest in the morning, and he faced the morning sun and sighed affectionately: "O Almighty Lord! The weather was so clear, there wasn't a cloud, God was waiting for me. After saying that, he passed away. However, less than two years after his death, his ashes were greeted with unprecedented admiration and worship on the island of Bolles, and the whole of France went crazy. His bust was arranged in the hallways of Congress alongside Franklin and Washington, and his Social Contract theory even became the "bible" of the French ruler Robespierre, and his unfinished "Wandering Reverie" brought endless reverie to posterity, and his love, although somewhat perverted and absurd, was also flawed, and compared with his works with the power of inspiration, it could not hide his great brilliance that inspired people.
Author: Dice
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