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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Also known as Citizen of Geneva

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an influential 18th-century philosopher, writer, and composer from Geneva who developed ideas about human nature, society, and government that challenged the thinking of his era. His work matters because his theories about individual freedom, democracy, and education shaped modern political thought and continue to influence how we think about rights and social organization today.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 28 June 1712
Died: 2 July 1778
Works: 2211

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The social contract
Account of Corsica,
Lettre Sur la Musique Française
Les Confessions
Du Contrat Social, Ou Principes du Droit Politique

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Switzerland
Active from: 1712
Active to: 1778

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Listeners: 6,001
Total plays: 25,228

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Jean-Jacques
Gender: male
Citizenship: France
Place of birth: Geneva
Place of death: Ermenonville
Spouse: Thérèse Levasseur
Father: Isaac Rousseau
Occupation: botanist
Languages spoken: French
Native language: French
Religion: Protestantism
Notable work: Confessions
Field of work: botany
Movement: Baroque music
Image: Jean-Jacques Rousseau (painted portrait).jpg
Residence: Staffordshire

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Commons category: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
date of birth: 1712-06-28
date of death: 1778-07-02
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unmarried partner: Françoise-Louise de Warens
cause of death: cardiac arrest
manner of death: natural causes
student: Cécile Stanislas Xavier de Girardin
catchphrase: Človek se je rodil svoboden, vendar je povsod v verigah.
writing language: French
name in native language: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
P8168: Hermann Landois
archives at: Geneva Library
different from: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
medical condition: epilepsy
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P12749: Priscacara

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Fragmentos políticos

Notice on M. Husson,...

Confession

J. J. Rousseau’s Confessions: History of his Male Age; From the French After the original, which was recently taken out. 3, Eilft and Twelfth Book

Johann Jacob Rousseaus, citizen of Geneva, Aemil or Von der Herrn. 4

Julia o La nueva Heloisa. Tomo III

Unprinted correspondence with Mme Latour de Franqueville and Mr. du Peyrou. Th. 1

Principios del derecho político

Emilio, o De la educación

Confessions. 1

Pygmalion: Pathetic monologue

Emil or Ueber raising

J. J. Rousseau’s Confessions: History of his Male Age; From the French After the original, which was recently taken out. 1, Seventh and Eighth Books

Unprinted correspondence with Mme Latour de Franqueville and Mr. du Peyrou. Th. 2

Pigmalion: A lyrical storyline; With music; Feathered by the Prince Thurn and Taxische Schauspieler-Gesellschaft in Regensburg

Johann Jacob Rousseaus, citizen of Geneva, Aemil or Von der Herrn. 3

Johann Jacob Rousseaus, citizen of Geneva, Aemil or Von der Herrn. 4

From the social contract or the principles of state teaching

Johann Jacob Rousseaus, citizen of Geneva, Aemil or Von der Herrn. 1

Rousseau’s confessions. 1

J. J. Rousseau’s Confessions: History of his Male Age; From the French After the original, which was recently taken out. 2, Ninth and Tenth Book

J. J. Rousseau. 2

Johann Jacob Rousseaus, citizen of Geneva, Aemil or Von der Herrn. 1

Johann Jacob Rousseaus, citizen of Geneva, Aemil or Von der Herrn. 2

J. J. Rousseau 's Lonely Walks: His Late Descendant Work

J. J. Rousseau. 1

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Encyclopedic overview

Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( UK: /ˈruːsoʊ/, US: /ruːˈsoʊ/; French: [ʒɑ̃ʒak ʁuso]; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, 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 modern political, economic, and educational thought.

Rousseau's 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. Rousseau's sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloise (1761) was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction. His Émile, or On Education (1762) is an educational treatise on the place of the individual in society. Rousseau's autobiographical writings—the posthumously published Confessions (completed in 1770), which initiated the modern autobiography, and the unfinished Reveries of the Solitary Walker (composed 1776–1778)—exemplified the late 18th-century "Age of Sensibility", and featured an increased focus on subjectivity and introspection that later characterized modern writing.

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