L'ouvrage s'appuie sur les t moignages laiss s par l'auteur, notamment dans ses "Confessions", pour dresser un portrait m dical d taill . Entre r alit physiologique et interpr tation psychologique, cette tude offre un clairage indispensable pour comprendre l'homme derri re le "Contrat social". En scrutant les maux chroniques qui ont tourment le philosophe, l'auteur permet au lecteur de red couvrir son temp rament et sa sensibilit exacerb e sous un angle nouveau, celui de l'histoire de la m decine appliqu e la biographie historique.
Ce travail constitue une ressource pr cieuse pour les chercheurs en histoire des id es et les passionn s de litt rature classique souhaitant approfondir leur connaissance de la personnalit complexe et souvent tourment e de Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
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