...felf.love receives from my conflant fludies : for I am not fond of acting a part, but but only of observing others. Society is agreeable to me for the fake of...about mankind does not make me independent of them 5 without being follicitous to be feen, I want to fee them, and though they are not dear to me, they...

...role but only to see others playing them. Society is agreeable to me for the sake of contemplation, not as a member of it. If I could alter the nature of my being and become a living eye, I willingly would make this exchange. Thus my indifference toward men does not make me at all independent...

...observer of life was always deeply attractive to Rousseau, and he makes Wolmar say, "If I could change the nature of my being and become a living eye, I would gladly make the exchange." When he invites SaintPreux to stay he knows he is taking a risk, but he...

...Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993, pp. 83-1 13. If I could alter the nature of my being and become a living eye, I would voluntarily make that exchange. (Wolmar in Jean-Jaques Rousseau's la nouvelle heloise1) The general...

...mistaken in my judgments. ... I enjoy contemplating society, not being part of it. If I could change the nature of my being and become a living eye, I would willingly make the exchange."26 Saint- Preux must learn to apply a similar dispassionate wisdom and cognitive penetration...

...but only seeing others perform. I enjoy observing society, not taking part in it. If I could change the nature of my being and become a living eye, I would gladly make that exchange. Thus my indifference for men does not make me independent of them; though...