... concealing anything bad or adding anything that was good. He is critical of those people who don't reveal the whole truth in their autobiographies. In fact, he exemplifies this by Montaigne, who "lie[s] by [his] reticence:- when speaking of his defects, only mentions the "lovable ones."" Rousseau believes that every man possesses "odious defects-, and has committed odious deeds, to a point ... upon which [he] can rely."" (270) In contrast to his "ardent temperament- and "keen and impetuous passions-, Rousseau notices in himself a contrasting trait of his slow thinking and having "confus...

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