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Jean Jacques Rousseau Geneva, Switzerland (1712 – 1778)



About me:

My name is Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I was born June 28, 1712. I was born into a protestant family of French refugees. Because, my mother died shortly after I was born from puerperal fever, and my father was a watchmaker of unstable temperament,I fled from Geneva after being involved in a brawl. I was sent off for a while to a school the country, kept by a retired pastor. At the age of 16 I left Geneva to travel. For the next 20 years I spent my time traveling, studying, and adventuring. In 1741 I met a dull and unattractive hotel servant girl named Therese Le Vasseur. We never married but she stayed with me for the rest of my life having 5 of my children. I was one of the most important Enlightenment writer was the philosopher, novelist, music theorist, language theorist, etc. I wrote in favor for human freedom and wanted a society in which all people were equal.



Quote:

“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.”

(1712–1778), French philosopher, social critic. The Social Contract, p. 49, trans. by Maurice Cranston, Pelican-Penguin, Baltimore (1968).

My work:

Discourse of the Arts and Sciences (1750) -argued about the advancement of science hadn’t been beneficial to mankind. And made a point that the progress of knowledge made governments more powerful and crushed individual liberty.

The Discourse on inequality (1754) -outlined key ideas about modern culture, noble savage, social contract, nature of human distinctions, criticism of property, and nature of human freedom.

The social contract -describes the relationship of man with society. The Social Contract is one of Rousseau’s most important works. It is like the Declaration of Independence. The order is a sacred right which is the basis of all other rights. The Social Contract are also principles of Political Right.



Resources

my picture [|www.ask.com] http://www.21stcentury.co.uk/masters/jean_jacques_rousseau.asp

Information [|http://www.bartleby.com] http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jun/rousseau.html

http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/ENLIGHT/ROUSSEAU.HTM

http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rousse.htm

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