John Jacques Rousseau

ABOUT

• Name: John Jacques Rousseau
• Birth Date: June 28, 1712
• Birth Place: Geneva, Republic of Geneva
• Death Date: July 2, 1778(age66)
• Death Place: Ermenonville, France
• French Revolution and Development of Liberal, Conservative and Socialist Theory

Area of Contributions

• humans are good by nature, but were corrupted/affected by the historical events that resulted in present day society
• Politics
• Social Society

Major Philosophical Concepts

• A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts
• The Discourse on the Origin of Inequalit
• The Social Contract
• The Confessions
• The Reveries of the Solitary Walker
• Rousseau: Judge of Jean-Jacques.
• Wrote in favor of human freedom
• Democracy was a good form of government
• Wanted a society where all people are equal
• Saw a divide between human nature and society

Citations

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Jacques_Rousseau
• Notes
• http://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_rousseau.html
• http://www.iep.utm.edu/rousseau/