Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1765 · Île Saint-Pierre
Explore the island’s plants
08:30–11:00 · Estimated
Estimated by typical tue. 08:30 is an assumed start. The 2½-hour block uses the stated two-to-three-hour duration.Source timing: Every morning after breakfast; two or three hours
“every morning after breakfast (which we partook of all together) I went, with a magnifying glass in my hand, and my Systema Natura under my arm, to visit a certain portion of the island”“In two or three hours, I usually returned with an ample provision”
Two separate excerpts · Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
Anonymous English translation, third edition, 1796; Project Gutenberg Australia transcription
Fifth Walk · recurring habits on Île Saint-Pierre
Passage: Fifth Walk · paragraphs beginning In consequence of this noble resolution and In two or three hours
Timing & context
No exact departure or return time is recorded.
Recurring habits from the Fifth Walk, rather than one dated outing. Activities varied with weather; all clock times are estimates.
Habits during his stay on Île Saint-Pierre in 1765, recalled in the Fifth Walk.
University of Geneva · chronology (1765) ↗