Rousseau

In regards to Angelica’s question of whether Rousseau was just trying to appeal to the masses since Christianity was the predominant religion of the time or was he a Christian himself, I detected a sense of sarcasm or maybe mockery.  I was confused as to the nature of his intent.  At first, I felt that he tried to appeal to the lords of Geneva in his letter, by vaguely starting out by saying he was lucky to be born into his time period, but going on to say all the different environments he would’ve like to exist in.

I guess Angelica’s question prompted me to remember my own question that I grappled with while I read the preface and part one.

 I also was confused as to whether Rousseau was against all knowledge, because he cites as the source of why we can't know the nature of man because we have accumulated knowledge.