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Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote the social contract. It argued that man might have freedom in the future if they had a self-imposed law. He said that society comes together by a general will. I think our government has similarities because people have the right to vote. People like having a voice.

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Rousseau wrote the book Julia: Or the new Eloisa which was a romantic fiction.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau has two big ideas, the first idea was the Social Contract which gave people the option to give their own opinion on the way of life. His second idea was to give people the chance to learn literature, music, and to give people an education. He had children so he wanted them to have an education.

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Rousseau went to France when he was 16. In France he met his benefactress. He gave him an education that eventually turned him into a philosopher. Before that happened he was a music teacher.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva, Switzerland on June 28, 1712.   A few days later his  mother died and his older  brother ran away from home. Rousseau was then raised by his father who was a clockmaker. His father had to leave Geneva because he got into a fight with a french captain and he had a chance of going to jail. So Rousseau went to live with his Uncle.