Jean jacques rousseau remains an important figure in the history of philosophy both because of his contributions to political philosophy and moral psychology and because of his influence on later thinkers.

Jean jacques rousseau philosophy on government pictures. Jean jacques rousseau jean jacques rousseau major works of political philosophy. The revolutionary romanticism of the swiss french philosopher jean jacques rousseau may be interpreted in part as a reaction to the analytic rationalism of the enlightenment. In rousseau s work the social contract he argues that a proper understanding of the nature and basis of government can make moral rather than depraved citizens out of us even in the social state. On 9 december 1765 having secured a passport from the french government to come to paris rousseau left strasbourg for paris where he arrived after a week and lodged in a palace of his friend the prince of conti.

Page de titre de l édition originale. Jean jacques rousseau swiss born philosopher writer and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the french revolution and the romantic generation. Although he was the least academic of modern philosophers he was also in many ways the most influential. At the age of three he was reading french novels with his father and jean jacques acquired his passion for music from his aunt.

Jean jacques rousseau was born on june 28 1712 in geneva switzerland to suzanne bernard and isaac rousseau. He believed that human beings are good and equal in nature but modern society government school media and etc had corrupted the goodness in people. Indeed he decided to return to that city repudiate his catholicism and seek readmission to the. In most variants of 18th century social contract theory john locke s and cesare beccaria s in italy the social contract is looked upon as a circumstance in which individuals trade the.

He wanted to find a way to protect everyone s life liberty and property while everyone remained free. Political philosophy political philosophy rousseau. Jean jacques rousseau s political philosophy influenced the french revolution. He was trying to escape the aridity of a purely empirical and utilitarian outlook and attempting to create a substitute for revealed religion.

Title page from the first edition of jean jacques rousseau s reveries of a solitary walker. His father fled geneva to avoid imprisonment when jean jacques was ten. Education nine days after jean jacques rousseau s birth his mother died. Jean jacques rousseau school social contract romanticism main interests political philosophy music education literature autobiography notable ideas general will amour de soi amour propre moral simplicity of humanity child centered learning civil religion popular sovereignty positive liberty public opinion.

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