Rousseau--

rousseau a  french  philosopher  sent  a  copy  of  his   latest  edition to  his  contemporary  french  poet  who  wrote  a  letter  to  him related  to  the  book that  it  was  so  extraordinary  he  wanted  to  go  down on his  all  fours  and  crawl  but  as  a habit  and   of  past  sixty  years   he  could  not  do  so, clearly  he  did  not  like  the  theme  and  did  not  understand  philosophy