This is a good article. My understanding of Rousseau is that he had, as he himself said, a very odd personality, and rather than admitting that he would always

This is a good article. My understanding of Rousseau is that he had, as he himself said, a very odd personality, and rather than admitting that he would always be a misfit in society, he invented a morality and psychology that would support a political philosophy that would in turn produce the sort of society that he thought would make someone like him happy. By the way, if you want to read about something bizarre from Rousseau's life, check out the feud he got himself into with Hume.