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Francophone Genevan Philosopher, writer, and composer.

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Born: June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switzerland
Died: July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France at age 66.

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In 1750, when Rousseau got the winning response in his first major philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts, he started developing his fame and recognition. Rousseau saw a fundamental divide between society and human nature and believed that man were good when in the state of nature (the state of all other animals, and the condition humankind was in before the creation of civilization). As time went by, he published the famous "Social Contract" book, theorizing about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his The Discourse on Inequality. (1754), changing the history of political philosophy and Government.

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- Published "The Social Contract"  arguing against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right.
- Took part in the Enlightment. His theory of the contract strongly influenced the French Revolution and the development of Liberal, Conservative and Socialist theory.

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Mother: Suzanne Bernard- died due to complications from his childbirth.
Father: Isaac Rousseau- Abandoned Jean when he was 10 years old, (1722), avoiding imprisonment.
Siblings: François Rousseau- Older brother that ran away when Jean was a child.
Therefore, Jean was taken over by his aunt and uncle.
Spouse (1768): Thérèse Le Vasseur

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-   Changed Political Philosophy,  the U.S Government, and educational thought by publishing his variety of work such as: "The Discourse on Political Economy", "The Social Contract", and "Considerations on the Government of Poland."

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-  Voltaire:
Voltaire believed that through education and reason man could separate himself from the beasts while Rousseau thought that it was precisely all this which made men "unnatural" and corrupted.
- Society in France:
They thought that the books Rousseau published criticized religion, so they banned him from France and Geneva, Forcing him to flee.

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- “God makes all things good; man meddles with them and they become evil.” -J.J.R
-  "Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong." -J.J.R