Indeed it’s hard to see what doubt there could be when Rousseau refers repeatedly to it in his Confessions (1953, 320–22, 332–35, 387, 437, 515–16, 549, and possibly 583–84). More commonly the fact is accepted without question (e.g., Cohen, 1953, 13 Bertram, 2012, 4 Edmonds and Eidinow, 2006 Kelly, 2001, 315).
Rousseau’s admirers sometimes write as if there might be some doubt about this (e.g., Riley 2001, 6). Yes, it’s true: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher of compassion, fierce defender of the weak against the strong, the man who never tired of talking about equality and justice and virtue, who wrote a long book ( Emile) about just the right way to raise children, sent all his own children to the Paris Foundling Hospital immediately upon birth.
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