Category Archives: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU
(1712-1778)
from Julie, or the New Heloise
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the French philosopher, novelist, and political essayist, profoundly influenced the Enlightenment period during which he lived and the Romantic movement and French Revolution to come. He was born in Geneva in 1712; his mother died within days … Continue reading
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