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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: Du Contrat Social Ou Principes du Droit Politique

    First published in 2018 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A project for perpetual peace. By J. J. Rousseau, ... Translated from the French, with a preface by the translator

    First published in 1761 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Du Contrat Social Ou Principes du Droit Politique Illustree

    First published in 2020 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Rousseau: discours sur les sciences et les arts; discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inegalite parmi les hommes

    First published in 1971 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Profession of faith of a Savoyard vicar

    First published in 2008 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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 upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind.

    First published in 1761 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Famous Utopias

    First published in 2022 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Les rêveries du promeneur solitaire.

    First published in 1960 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Extraits.: Publié avec une introd. et des notes par L. Brunel.

    First published in 1915 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: El contrato social

    First published in 2012 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Rousseau's ©mile: or, Treatise on education

    First published in 1893 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Social Contract (The Hafner Library of Classics, Number One)

    First published in 1949 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Discurso sobre las ciencias y las artes

    First published in 2016 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Collection Complète des Oeuvres de J. J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Genève: Contenant le Dictionnaire de Musique, Volume 9...

    First published in 2023 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Œuvres complettes de J. J. Rousseau, citoyen de Genève

    First published in 1793 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Dillerin Kökeni Üstüne Deneme - Hasan Ali Yücel Klasikleri

    First published in 2007 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Collection complète des oeuvres ...

    First published in 1782 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Social Contract: & Discourses

    First published in 1954 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Collection Complete des Oeuvres de J. -J. Rousseau, Citoyen de Geneve. Tome IV

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Subjects
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
  • Rousseau, Jean Jacques / Vaughan, C E (ed)

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