Question

With a touch of irony, Rousseau forgives ____ in Confessions.

Answer 1

Answer:

b, his aunt

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

his aunt, for “having preserved my life” when he was an infant

Explanation:

Rousseau writes about his aunt in his "Confessions" the next quote:

"Dear aunt! I freely forgive your having preserved my life, and only lament that it is not in my power to bestow on the decline of your days the tender solicitude and care you lavished on the first dawn of mine."

Confessions is an autobiographic book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a phillosopher that encouraged and helped the enlightment in Europe, he, in his "Confessions" makes a statement about the incomprehensible inequality that exists in societiies and we do not even realize that exists.