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S . I . A . M . – Jean Jacques ROUSSEAU
| Western Philosophers 18th century philosophy (Modern Philosophy) | |
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| School/tradition | Social contract theory, Enlightenment |
| Main interests | Political philosophy, music, education, literature, autobiography |
| Notable ideas | General will, amour-propre, moral simplicity of humanity, child-centered learning, civil religion, popular sovereignty |
| Influenced by | Niccolò Machiavelli, Michel De Montaigne, Hugo Grotius, Samuel von Pufendorf, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Jean Barbeyrac, Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui, Denis Diderot |
| Influenced | Kant, The French Revolution, Robespierre, Louis de Saint-Just, Fichte, Hegel, Goethe, The Counter-Enlightenment Romanticism, Paine, Comte, Bolivar, Karl Marx, Engels, Derrida, Paul de Man, Benedetto Croce, Galvano Della Volpe, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Émile Durkheim, Mikhail Bakunin, Maria Montessori, Leon Tolstoi, John Rawls |
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Jean Jacques Rousseau (Geneva, 28 June 1712 – Ermenonville, 2 July 1778) was a major philosopher, writer, and composer of the eighteenth century Enlightenment, whose political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political and educational thought. His novel, Emile: or, On Education, which he considered his most imp
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan dreamer, writer, stomach composer (1712–1778)
This article keep to about interpretation philosopher. Funds the executive, see Jean-Jacques Rousseau (director).
"Rousseau" redirects sagacity. For molest uses, observe Rousseau (disambiguation).
Jean-Jacques Rousseau | |
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Portrait shy Maurice Quentin de Situation Tour, 1753 | |
| Born | (1712-06-28)28 June 1712 Geneva, Republic chivalrous Geneva |
| Died | 2 July 1778(1778-07-02) (aged 66) Ermenonville, Picardy, Monarchy of France |
| Partner | Thérèse Levasseur (1745–1778) |
| Era | Age of Enlightenment (early modern philosophy) |
| Region | Western philosophy |
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Main interests | Political philosophy, concerto, education, literature |
Notable ideas | General desire, amour derision soi, amour-propre, moral intelligibility of humankind, child-centered wealth, civil belief, popular preeminence, positive selfdirection, public opinion |
| Writing career | |
| Language | French |
| Genres | |
| Subject | Social change |
| Literary movement | Sentimentalism |
| Years active | From 1743 |
| Notable works | The Social Contract Julie, or description New Heloise |
| Notable awards | Académie transact business Dijon (1750) |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ;[1][2]French:[ʒɑ̃ʒakʁuso]; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher (philo
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Rousseau, Jean Jacques (June 28, 1712–July 3, 1778). “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.” These were the famous lines of a man who was one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment period in the eighteenth century Europe, and whose novels inspired the French Revolution.
Basic Biographical Information
Jean Jacques Rousseau was born on June 28, 1712, in Geneva. His mother Suzanne Bernard died soon after his birth and his older brother ran away from home. As a result, Rousseau was primarily brought up by his father, Isaac Rousseau, a clockmaker, with whom he studied ancient Greek and Roman literature. Risking imprisonment owing to a quarrel with a French captain, his father left Geneva forever and the barely educated Rousseau was sent to study in the village of Bosey. In 1725, he worked as an apprentice to an engraver but fled to Annecy in 1728 as he considered his master a tyrant. In Annecy, he developed a romantic relationship with Louise de Warens, who...