In the first walk, Rousseau explains his writing project. He wishes to devote his last days to studying himself and preparing in advance the account he will soon give of himself. During these hours of solitude and meditation, he is fully himself, and he can say that he is what nature intended. The “me”, which for philosophers gives way to reason, occupies an important place in his universe and flourishes in meditation and intimate contact with the beauties of nature, or within a small society.