Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a major Genevois philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century Romanticism. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.
His novel, Emile: or, On Education, which he considered his most important work, is a seminal treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His sentimental novel, Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, was of great importance to the development of pre-Romanticism and romanticism in fiction. Rousseau's autobiographical writings: his Confessions, which initiated the modern autobiography, and his Reveries of a Solitary Walker were among the pre-eminent examples of the late 18th-century movement known as the "Age of Sensibility", featuring an increasing focus on subjectivity and introspection that has characterized the modern age.
Rousseau also made important contributions to music as a theorist. During the period of the French Revolution, Rousseau was the most popular of the philosophers among members of the Jacobin Club. He was interred as a national hero in the Panthéon in Paris, in 1794, 16 years after his death.1
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
×CloseGenevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)
Born | 28 June 1712 |
Died | 2 July 1778 |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
×CloseGenevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)
Born | 28 June 1712 |
Died | 2 July 1778 |
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Political science, Early works to 1800, Social contract, Education, Equality, Philosophy, Rousseau, jean-jacques, 1712-1778, Natural law, French Authors, Biography, Botany, Civilization, Correspondence, Music, Language and languages, Political science, early works to 1800, Political science, philosophy, History, Theater, Dictionaries, French literature, Natural law., Origin, Pictorial works, Authors, biographyPlaces
France, Poland, Paris, fa guo, Egypt, Australie, Canada, Chavagnes-en-Paillers, Chavagnes-en-Paillers (France), Corsica, Corsica (France), Germany, Irlande, Neuchâtel (Switzerland : Canton), Saint-Just-en-Chaussée Region (France), Savoie (France), Savoy (France and Italy), Switzerland, Val de TraversPeople
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), Jean Le Rond d' Alembert (1717-1783), Jean Robert Tronchin (1710-1793), Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (1721-1794), Christophe de Beaumont (1703-1781), Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire (1694-1778), Alembert M. (1717-1783), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748-1836), C. Darwin, C. Rhodes, Carl von Linné (1707-1778), Charles François de Montmorency Luxembourg duc de (1702-1764), Charles Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre (1658-1743), Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), Friedrich Melchior Grimm Freiherr von (1723-1807), Georges Claude May, Henriette (active 1764-1778), Héloïse (approximately 1095-1163 or 1164), Isabelle d'Ivernois Guyenet Mme. (1735-1797), J. Chamberlain, Jean Jacques François Lebarbier (1738-1826), Jean Lerond d' Alembert, Jean Michel Moreau (1741-1814), Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764)Time
18th century, To 1800, Early works to 1800, Ouvrages avant 1800, jin dai, 1763-1796, 17th century, 1815 - 1931, 18e siècle, 18rh century, 20th century, l8ème siècleID Numbers
- OLID: OL29048A
- ISNI: 0000000121451116
- VIAF: 100184045
- Wikidata: Q6527
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q6527
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- Rousseau Jean-Jacques 1712-1778
- Rousseau Jean-Jacques
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