Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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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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
familyName Jean-Jacques Rousseau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rousseau
fieldOfWork autobiographical writing
education theory
music composition
political philosophy
genre autobiography
novel
opera
political treatise
givenName Jean-Jacques Rousseau self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jean-Jacques
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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