Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Sources

1. BookThe Social Contract
2. WebsiteStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Relations

born in:

• Geneva

  Sources: The Social Contract

influenced:

• Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

  Sources: The Enlightenment: The Pursuit of Happiness, 1680–1790

wrote:

• Émile

  Sources: Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius

• The Social Contract

  Sources: The Social Contract

Appears in7 items

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  Philosophy1 item
  • Rousseau’s Social Contract1762
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  The Enlightenment6 items
  • Rousseau’s illumination on the road to VincennesOct 1749
  • 
    The Lisbon earthquake1 Nov 1755
  • Rousseau’s Social Contract, printed in Amsterdam · authorApr 1762
  • Émile is condemned and Rousseau flees9 Jun 1762
  • Voltaire dies in Paris30 May 1778
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    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen26 Aug 1789