Rousseau"s Reveries Available to Korean Audiences
Published: 04 Jan. 2003, 18:41
The collection begins with the phrase "I am all alone in this world. Only myself, no brothers, no neighbors, no friends, no society." Rousseau was an 18th-century French philosopher and writer, but he was far ahead of his time. Persecuted for alleged "acts against the Church," he was forced to live in exile. The writings penned just before his death are full of contempt and regret, and rebuttals of criticism leveled against him. Kim's translation consists of 10 detailed episodes of his daily life, his hobby of collecting wild plants, and other anecdotes of his exile in Switzerland. But, from out of these seemingly insignificant happenings shine the pride and dignity to which his whole life was dedicated, as well as his constant search for "truth."
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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