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   Why is Jean-Jacques Rousseau famous?

   • Jean-Jacques Rousseau (born June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switzerland—died July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France) was a Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation.

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   How did Jean-Jacques Rousseau influence society?

   • Jean-Jacques Rousseau | In addition to having a big impact on the French Revolution, Rousseau’s philosophy and ideas have had influences on modern political, economic and social thought. Born – June 28, 1712 Place of birth – Geneva, Switzerland Died – July 2, 1778, France Aged – 66 Parents – Isaac Rousseau and suzanne Bernard Rousseau

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   What did Rousseau believe about government?

   • Rousseau believed that good government must have the freedom of all its citizens as its most fundamental objective. The Social Contract in particular is Rousseau’s attempt to imagine the form of government that best affirms the individual freedom of all its citizens, with certain constraints inherent to a complex, modern, civil society.

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   Was Rousseau a good philosopher?

   • Even though Rousseau did not gain much education, he was still able to rise and become one of the most influential thinkers of the 18 th century. This Swiss-French philosopher’s ideas and thought had a huge impact on the intellectual thought of his era and all the philosophers that came after him.

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2. plato.stanford.edu › entries › rousseauJean Jacques Rousseau - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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   Sep 27, 2010 · 1. Life. 2. Conjectural history and moral psychology. 2.1 Morality. 3. Political Philosophy. 3.1 The idea of the general will. 3.2 The emergence of the general will: procedure, virtue and the legislator. 3.3 Rousseau’s claim to reconcile freedom and authority. 3.4 Representation and government. 3.5 Civil religion and toleration. 4. Language. 5.

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   5 days ago · Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation. Although he was the least academic of modern philosophers, he was also in many ways the most influential.

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   Jan 12, 2022 · Most known for his philosophical treatises Émile; or, On Education (1762), A Discourse on the Origins of Inequality (1755) and The Social Contract (1762), 18 th century Swiss-French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau who stated that society loses its freedom when the social contract is fraudulent, which in turn sustains inequality and ...

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   Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe. 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. In this work, Rousseau argues that the progression of the sciences ...

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   The Necessity of Freedom. In his work, Rousseau addresses freedom more than any other problem of political philosophy and aims to explain how man in the state of nature is blessed with an enviable total freedom. This freedom is total for two reasons.

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   The Social Contract, major work of political philosophy by the Swiss-born French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–78). Du Contrat social (1762; The Social Contract) is thematically continuous with two earlier treatises by Rousseau: Discours sur les sciences et les arts (1750; A Discourse on.

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   Jean-Jacques Rousseau (UK: / ˈ r uː s oʊ /, US: / r uː ˈ s oʊ / French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak ʁuso]; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher , writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of ...