Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Enlightenment thinker composer human philosopher political philosopher writer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose works on political theory, education, and human nature profoundly influenced modern democracy, romanticism, and revolutionary thought.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau canonical 120
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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
composer ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
political philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate 1712-06-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Geneva ⓘ
canton of Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Geneva
burialPlace Panthéon, Paris ⓘ
citizenship canton of Geneva ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Geneva
deathDate 1778-07-02 ⓘ
deathPlace Ermenonville ⓘ
France ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of France
era 18th century ⓘ
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fieldOfWork autobiographical writing ⓘ
education theory ⓘ
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political philosophy ⓘ
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opera ⓘ
political treatise ⓘ
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influenced French Revolution ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
Romantic literature ⓘ
modern democracy ⓘ
modern educational theory ⓘ
influencedBy John Locke ⓘ
Michel de Montaigne ⓘ
classical republicanism ⓘ
language French ⓘ
movement Age of Enlightenment ⓘ
surface form: Enlightenment

Romanticism ⓘ
name Jean-Jacques Rousseau self-link ⓘ
nationality Genevan ⓘ
notableWork Confessions ⓘ
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences ⓘ
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men ⓘ
Emile, or On Education ⓘ
Julie, or the New Heloise ⓘ
Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ
The Social Contract ⓘ
philosophicalConcept amour-propre ⓘ
civil religion ⓘ
general will ⓘ
natural goodness of man ⓘ
social contract ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ

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Mary Wollstonecraft → influencedBy → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Encyclopédie → notableContributor → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon → influencedBy → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Voltaire → influenced → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Johann Gottfried Herder → influencedBy → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
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John Locke → influenced → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
The Social Contract → author → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding → influenced → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
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Alexis de Tocqueville → influencedBy → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Johann Gottlieb Fichte → influencedBy → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
John Rawls → influencedBy → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
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French republicanism → influencedBy → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
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Samuel Pufendorf → influenced → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Romantic nationalism → influencedBy → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences → author → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Emile, or On Education → author → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Julie, or the New Heloise → author → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Confessions → author → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Reveries of the Solitary Walker → author → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Michel de Montaigne → influenced → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men → author → Jean-Jacques Rousseau ⓘ
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