Jean-Jacques Rousseau 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 modern political, economic and educational thought. Born in 1712 and dying in 1778, he also wrote the autobiographical Confessions. His Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract are cornerstones of modern political and social thought, his sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloise, was important to the development of romanticism in fiction, and his Emile is an educational treatise on the place of the individual in society.
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Rousseau's sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloise (1761) was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction.
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was a Genevan philosophe, writer, and composer
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28 June 1712
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2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosophe, 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
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Rousseau's sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloise (1761)
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Rousseau's autobiographical writings
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qu'elle emprunte au christianisme, à Jean-Jacques Rousseau, au saint-simonisme
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who became one of the most important influences on the budding philosopher's thinking
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Die von ihm gewählte Namensänderung geht auf Jean Pauls Bewunderung für Jean-Jacques Rousseau zurück
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Kleist's life and work were influenced by his study of the works of Rousseau
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Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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