Rousseau decided to write "Confessions" as his autobiography, a genre barely explored at the time. He wrote in a confessional and philosophical way to present a chronicle of the experiences that formed his personality Seems as Rousseau realized the unique nature of his project, as it is stated in its opening words: "I have resolved on an enterprise which has no precedent and which, once complete, will have no imitator. My purpose is to display to my kind a portrait in every way true to nature, and the man I shall portray will be myself.”