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Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Wikipedia

a Genevan philosopher (philosophe), writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

As a believer in the plasticity of human nature, Rousseau holds that good laws make for good citizens. However, he also believes both that good ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Biography, Education, Philosophy ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French ...

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

His first major philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts, was the winning response to an essay contest conducted by the Academy of Dijon in 1750 ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau | Online Library of Liberty

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a Swiss philosopher and novelist who was an important figure in the Enlightenment. In his novels and discourses he ...

Explainer: the philosophy of Jean-Jacques Rousseau is profoundly ...

Although he is known as a social and political philosopher, Rousseau's creative output does not resemble that of a contemporary “theorist”.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Author of The Social Contract) - Goodreads

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Books · The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau The Social Contract · Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques ...

Historic Figures: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) - BBC

French writer and political theorist of the Enlightenment, Rousseau's work inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the romantic generation.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - Musée protestant

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) · His childhood in Geneva · Madame de Warens wielded much influence over him and was also instrumental in his conversion to ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau – Words of Wisdom: Intro to Philosophy

According to Rousseau, by joining together through the concept of a social contract and giving up some of their inborn freedoms, individual people could both ...

Biography - Jean-Jacques Rousseau - The Great Thinkers

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who made his own life the subject of a number of his writings, including his great autobiographical work, the Confessions.

Jean–Jacques Rousseau, Emile (1762)

All the faculties common to the two sexes are not equally divided; but taken as a whole, they offset one another. Woman is worth more as a woman and less as a ...

Friends of Rousseau | National Endowment for the Humanities

When I was finishing a biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau some years ago, I was struck by the comment of someone who had known him: “the friends of Rousseau ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) - Towards Emancipation?

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was one of the most influential enlightenment philosophers. He believed that due to the “natural” differences between men and ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - World History Encyclopedia

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a Swiss philosopher whose work both praised and criticised the Enlightenment movement.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Social Contract, Emile, Discourse

Rousseau begins the Second Discourse by distinguishing two kinds of inequality, natural and artificial, the first arising from differences in strength, ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Biography, Swiss Philosopher, Works

QUICK FACTS · Name: Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Birth Year: 1712 · Birth date: June 28, 1712 · Birth City: Geneva · Birth Country: Switzerland ...

Theorists: Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Representing Childhood

However, immediately following the passage from Emile quoted above, Jean-Jacques indicates that he is no mere idealist; he realizes that the child born into a ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712) - Online Library of Liberty

by Peter Mentzel This month's featured birthday anniversary is the Swiss-born French philosopher, author, composer, and political theorist Jean-Jacques ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau | History of Western Civilization II

A 1762 treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in which he theorized the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial ...