Answer: his aunt, for "having preserved my life" when he was an infant
Explanation: With a touch of irony, Rousseau in his "Confessions" forgives <u><em>his aunt, for "having preserved my life" when he was an infant</em></u>. Rousseau was taken care of by one of his father's sister. A young and virtuous girl, who cared lovingly for him. With irony he forgives her for having preserved his life, and he only laments that he cannot care for her the way she did for him
