The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

What is the ‘double-illusion of self-regard’ that Rousseau identifies?

What is the ‘double-illusion of self-regard’ that Rousseau identifies?

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I'm not an expert on Rousseau but I think that has something to do with comparing others to oneself in order to understand each other. This comparison, however, is imperfect knowledge of oneself, "One makes oneself the measure of everything" hence the double- illusion of self-regard.