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  2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau (UK: / ˈ r uː s oʊ /, US: / r uː ˈ s oʊ /; [1] [2] French: [ʒɑ̃ʒak ʁuso]; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) 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 ...

  3. Essay on the Origin of Languages - Wikipedia

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    The essay was mentioned in Rousseau's 1762 book, Emile, or On Education. In this text, Rousseau lays out a narrative of the beginnings of language, using a similar literary form as the Second Discourse. Rousseau writes that language (as well as the human race) developed in southern warm climates and then migrated northwards to colder climates.

  4. Cranston biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau - Wikipedia

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    "Review of Jean Jacques: The Early Life and Work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1754; Rousseau and Romantic Autobiography". Eighteenth-Century Studies . 18 (2): 267–270.

  5. Reveries of the Solitary Walker - Wikipedia

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    The Reveries of the Solitary Walker (French: Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire) is an unfinished book by Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, written between 1776 and 1778. It was the last of a number of works composed toward the end of his life that were deeply autobiographical .

  6. Emile, or On Education - Wikipedia

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    Rousseau believed that at this phase the education of children should be derived less from books and more from the child's interactions with the world, with an emphasis on developing the senses, and the ability to draw inferences from them. Rousseau concludes the chapter with an example of a boy who has been successfully educated through this ...

  7. Social contract - Wikipedia

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau (17121778), in his influential 1762 treatise The Social Contract, outlined a different version of social-contract theory, as the foundations of society based on the sovereignty of the "general will". Rousseau's political theory differs in important ways from that of Locke and Hobbes.

  8. List of philosophers born in the 18th century - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikidata item; Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... Jean Jacques Rousseau, (17121778)

  9. The Social Contract - Wikipedia

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    Rousseau argues that it is the people themselves, not their representatives, who have supreme power, and that everyone taking part in legislation is a check against abuse of power. [ 2 ] : 83 In light of the relation between population size and governmental structure, Rousseau argues that like his native Geneva , small city-states are the form ...