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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

28 June 1712 - 2 July 1778

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

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  • Cover of: Project Concerning New Symbols for Music (Classic Texts in Music Education)

    First published in 1742 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dissertation sur la musique moderne

    First published in 1743 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Ode a Monseigneur le comte de Saxe: mare chal de France, gene ral de l'arme e du roi en Flandres

    First published in 1746 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Œuvres de M. Gresset

    First published in 1748 2 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition uvresdemgresset00rousgoog
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  • Cover of: Discours qui a remporté le prix a l'Academie de Dijon. En l'année 1750: Sur cette question proposée par la même Académie: Si le rétablissement des sciences & des arts a contribué à épurer les moeurs

    First published in 1750 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Lettre de J.J. Rousseau, de Geneve, a M. Grimm, sur la réfutation de son Discours

    First published in 1751 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The discourse which carried the praemium at the Academy of Dijon, in MDCCL.

    First published in 1751 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Discours qui a remporte' le prix a l'Academie de Dijon, en l'année 1750: Sur cette question proposée par la même Académie; Si le rétablissement des sciences & des arts a contribué à épurer les moeurs

    First published in 1751 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The discourse which carried the præmium at the Academy of Dijon, in MDCCL: on this question, propos'd by the said academy, whether the re-establishment of arts and sciences has contributed to the refining of manners. By a citizen of Geneva. Translated from the French original.

    First published in 1751 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Observations de Jean-Jacques Rousseau de Geneve: Sur la réponse qui a été faite à son Discours

    First published in 1751 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A discourse, to which the prize was adjudged by the Academy of Dijon, in the year 1750, on this question proposed by that academy: whether the re-establishment of arts and sciences has contributed to purify our morals. By a citizen of Geneva. Translated from the French, by R. Wynne, A.M

    First published in 1752 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Narcisse ou L'amant de lui-même: Comédie. Représentée par les comédiens du Roi, le 18 décembre 1752

    First published in 1753 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Lettre sur la musique françoise.

    First published in 1753 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition ba1753lettresur00rous
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  • Cover of: Le devin du village: interméde réprésenté à Fontainebleau devant leurs majestés les 18. et 24. Octobre 1752 et à Paris par l'Académie Royale de Musique le 1er. Mars 1753

    First published in 1753 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Discours qui a remporte' le prix a l'Académie de Dijon, en l'année 1750: Sur cette question proposée par la même académie; Si le rétablissement des sciences & des arts a contribué à épurer les moeurs

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  • Cover of: Narcisse, ou, L'amant de lui-même: comédie

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  • Cover of: Recueil de toutes les pieces qui ont été publiées a l'occasion du discours de M. J.J. Rousseau ...

    First published in 1753 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Discours sur l'origine et les fondemens de l'inégalité parmi les hommes

    First published in 1755 11 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition discourssurlo00rous Cover of edition discourssurl00rous Cover of edition ddiscourssurlori00rous Cover of edition discourssurlori02rousgoog
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  • Cover of: Discours sur l'origine & les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes

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  • Cover of: A Discourse Upon The Origin And The Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind

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Political science, Early works to 1800, Social contract, Education, Rousseau, jean-jacques, 1712-1778, Equality, Philosophy, Natural law, French Authors, Biography, Botany, Correspondence, Civilization, Music, Political science, early works to 1800, Language and languages, Political science, philosophy, French literature, History, Natural law., Theater, Origin, Pictorial works, Authors, biography, Dictionaries
Places
France, Poland, Paris, fa guo, Egypt, Australie, Canada, Chavagnes-en-Paillers, Chavagnes-en-Paillers (France), Corsica, Corsica (France), Germany, Irlande, Neuchâtel (Switzerland : Canton), Saint-Just-en-Chaussée Region (France), Savoie (France), Switzerland, Val de Travers
People
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Jean Le Rond d' Alembert (1717-1783), Jean Robert Tronchin (1710-1793), Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721-1794), Christophe de Beaumont (1703-1781), Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire (1694-1778), Alembert M. (1717-1783), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836), C. Darwin, C. Rhodes, Carl von Linné (1707-1778), Charles François de Montmorency Luxembourg duc de (1702-1764), Charles Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre (1658-1743), Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), Friedrich Melchior Grimm Freiherr von (1723-1807), Georges Claude May, Henriette (active 1764-1778), Isabelle d'Ivernois Guyenet Mme. (1735-1797), J. Chamberlain, Jean Jacques François Lebarbier (1738-1826), Jean Lerond d' Alembert, Jean Michel Moreau (1741-1814), Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764), Jean-Jacques (1712-1778) Rousseau
Time
18th century, To 1800, Early works to 1800, Ouvrages avant 1800, jin dai, 1763-1796, 17th century, 1815 - 1931, 18e siècle, 18rh century, 20th century, l8ème siècle

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  • Introduction & Notes by C.E. Vaughan Jean Jacques Rousseau
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