Paul-Claude Moultou

This chapter focuses on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's letter to Paul-Claude Moultou on December 23, 1761. This letter, written during the height of Rousseau's physical suffering, was not sent and was found in his papers after his death. In Julie , Lord Eduard and Saint-Preux debate justifications for suicide. The former argues that it is justified in cases of extreme incurable suffering. In his letter, Rousseau admits that the delirium of pain has made him commit the actions of a wicked man. He then decides to finish the copy of The Profession of Faith of the Savoyard Vicar . Finally, Rousseau expresses his hope that Roustan will accept the proposal of writing the preface of the collection of his works.