Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1712–1778

11 standalone books

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution and the development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought. His novel Emile: or, On Education is a seminal treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His sentimental novel Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse was important to the development of pre-Romanticism and Romanticism in fiction. His autobiographical works, including Confessions and Reveries of a Solitary Walker, were pre-eminent examples of the late 18th-century "Age of Sensibility." Rousseau also made contributions to music as a theorist. He was popular among members of the Jacobin Club during the French Revolution. He was interred as a national hero in the Panthéon in Paris in 1794, 16 years after his death.

Born

1712