The Swiss-born philosopher and political theorist, Jean Jacques Rousseau ranks as one of the greatest figures of the French Enlightenment. Yet Jean Jacques Rousseau the man and his writings constitute a problem for anyone who wants to grasp to...

The Swiss-born philosopher, author, political theorist, and composer Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) ranks as one of the greatest figures of the French Enlightenment. Both Jean Jacques Rousseau the man and his writings constitute a problem for anyone...

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques [addendum] The writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau continue to attract a wide range of readers throughout the world. Persistent questions concerning nationalism, political legitimacy, and the social costs of technological progress...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), who was born in Geneva on June 28 and died on July 2 in Paris, was a self-taught genius who became the leading critic of the Enlightenment vision of an essential harmony between science and society, technology...

ROUSSEAU, JEAN-JACQUES (1712–1778) was a Geneva-born author, social and educational theorist, and advocate of a nondogmatic religion of nature. Rousseau was a prolific writer; however, his mature religious thought is encapsulated in a...

Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712–78) was the leading French political thinker of the 18th century, a man often credited, though by then dead, with inspiring the French Revolution, and still perhaps the principal inspiration for the whole participatory...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a philosopher and composer of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of both liberal and socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism....

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Discourse On The Arts And Sciences Introduction: With the publication of his prize - winning essay in 1750, Rousseau first came to the attention of the world of European letters and society. While it is not a pure work in political...

Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Discourse On Political Economy Introduction: This essay was first published in the Encyclopedia of Diderot in 1755. Whether or not it was written before the Discourse On Inequality is subject to some controversy. The fact that it is the first essay...

In the following excerpt, Cullen analyzes Rousseau's concept of "negative " (in the state of Nature) liberty and its relationship to democracy.

In the following excerpt, Shklar discusses Rousseau 's idea of the body politic, one of his political personifications.

In the following excerpt, Medina discusses Rousseau as an advocate of contractarianism.

This is an honors college paper that discusses Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in On the Social Contract. In the work there is a definite, but puzzling, distinction between sovereignty and government.

The great philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau inspired the French Revolution through his ideas based upon reason. He exploring the notion of duty to the state by providing the public with his argument in the social contract, which was frequently quoted and referred to during the early stages of the Revolution.

In his Second Discourse, Rousseau examined the differences between natural man and modern man. He concluded that the natural man's situation is better because, unlike modern man, natural man is not bound by social norms, morals, obligations, and duties. Having no moral relationship or obligation to other men and no subjugated inequality, natural man is better for himself and society.