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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a major Genevois philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.

His novel, Emile: or, On Education, which he considered his most important work, is a seminal treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His sentimental novel, Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, was of great importance to the development of pre-Romanticism and romanticism in fiction. Rousseau's autobiographical writings: his Confessions, which initiated the modern autobiography, and his Reveries of a Solitary Walker were among the pre-eminent examples of the late 18th-century movement known as the "Age of Sensibility", featuring an increasing focus on subjectivity and introspection that has characterized the modern age.

Rousseau also made important contributions to music as a theorist. During the period of the French Revolution, Rousseau was the most popular of the philosophers among members of the Jacobin Club. He was interred as a national hero in the Panthéon in Paris, in 1794, 16 years after his death.1

Born 28 June 1712
Died 2 July 1778

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  • Cover of: Toplum Sözlesmesi
    First published in 2016 3 editions

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  • Cover of: Lasting Peace Through the Federation of Europe; and, the State of War

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  • Cover of: Rousseau on Education

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  • Cover of: Voyage Dans la Suisse Française et la Chablais, Avec une Carte: Les Lacs de Genève , de Neuchatel, de Bienne et de Morat. Opuscules Posthumes de J. -J. Rousseau, et Lettres inédits de Madame de Warens

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  • Cover of: Montesquieu & J. -J. Rousseau: Esprit des Lois, Livre I. Contrat Social, Livres I et Ii

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  • Cover of: Social Contract

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  • Cover of: Émile; or, Concerning Education

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  • Cover of: Botanique de J. J. Rousseau, Contenant Tout Ce Qu'il a Écrit Sur Cette Science; l'exposition de la Méthode Botanique de M. de Jussieu; la Manière de Former les Herbiers, Par M. Haüy

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  • Cover of: Les confessions de J.J. Rousseau, suivies des Rêveries du promeneur solitaire: Tome II

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  • Cover of: Oeuvres Complètes de J. J. Rousseau: Dictionnaire de Musique...

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  • Cover of: The Social Contract
    First published in 2011 3 editions

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  • Cover of: Les pensées de J.J. Rousseau: citoyen de Genève

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  • Cover of: Petits chefs-d'oeuvre
    First published in 1852 3 editions

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  • Cover of: Du contrat social: ou, Principes du droit politique

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  • Cover of: Le devin du village: intermède : representé à Fontaine-Bleau [i.e. Fontainebleau], devant Leurs Majestés, les 18 et 23 octobre 1752, et à Paris, par l'Académie royale de musique, le premier mars 1753

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  • Cover of: The Confessions
    First published in 1987 3 editions

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  • Cover of: Emile
    First published in 1966 3 editions

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  • Cover of: Letters on the Elements of Botany: Addressed to a Lady

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  • Cover of: Oeuvres Politiques

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  • Cover of: Engineering Science
    First published in 1994 3 editions

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Born 28 June 1712
Died 2 July 1778

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February 24, 2024 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
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December 22, 2023 Edited by kathrinpassig merge authors
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