Jean-Jaques Rousseau
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Demographics
Gender Male
Birth Name Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Birthplace Geneva, Republic of Geneva
Birth Date June 28, 1712
Ethnicity Northwestern European
Overview French
Nationality Genevan
Career Philosopher, writer, composer
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Notes and Motifs
Pi philosopher
Je social critic
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
His Discourse on Inequality, which argues that private property is the source of inequality, and The Social Contract, which outlines the basis for a legitimate political order, are cornerstones in modern political and social thought
His sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloise (1761) was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction
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