Philosopher · Early modern period · Switzerland
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1712–1778
Genevan born thinker who lived in France and argued that civilization corrupts natural man. His Social Contract of 1762 made the general will the source of legitimate rule. He lived 1712 to 1778, quarreling with nearly every friend he had.
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- Born
- 1712, Geneva, in what is now Switzerland.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Died
- 1778, Ermenonville, France.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- School
- Enlightenment, against its grain.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Known for
- The Social Contract and the general will, Emile on education, and the Confessions, the first modern autobiography.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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