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ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES° — (1712–1778), French author and philosopher, born in Geneva. The international influence that Rousseau exerted on his contemporaries and on posterity was unequaled in European history until the impact of Karl Marx a century later. The political… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Rousseau, Jean Jacques — Rousseau, Jean Jacques. Wenn der Abend seinen Purpurmantel um die weißen Schultern der Alpen faltete und über den Genfer See die Klänge des Kuhreigen verhallten, saßen zu Anfange des 18. Jahrhunderts in einem kleinen Häuschen zu Genf zwei… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques — born June 28, 1712, Geneva, Switz. died July 2, 1778, Ermenonville, France Swiss French philosopher. At age 16 he fled Geneva to Savoy, where he became the steward and later the lover of the baronne de Warens. At age 30, having furthered his… … Universalium
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques — (1712 1778) writer, philosopher One of the greatest figures of the enlightenment, Jean Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva, switzerland, to a Protestant family of French origin. Raised by relatives after the death of his mother and educated … France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques — (1712–78) Philosopher. Rousseau was born in Geneva into a Calvinist family, but he converted to Roman Catholicism in 1728. He moved to Paris in 1742 where he became a member of the ‘philosophe’ circle and led a somewhat unconventional… … Who’s Who in Christianity
Rousseau (Jean-Jacques) and Burke — Jean Jacques Rousseau and Burke Ian Harris Those who thought about the social and political order directed their attention to a new centre of interest towards the end of the seventeenth century. It was not that speculation about political… … History of philosophy
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques — ► (1712 1778) Filósofo y escritor francés. En 1749 presentó una memoria (Discurso sobre el origen de la desigualdad entre los hombres, publicada en 1754) a la Academia de Dijon, que lo hizo famoso y lo introdujo en los círculos cultos y… … Enciclopedia Universal
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques — (1712–1778) Born in Geneva of a learned mother, who died within a week, and an artisan father, Rousseau was brought up to cherish the civic ideal of the ancient Roman republic. His father being exiled for an ill judged duel, Rousseau was brought… … Philosophy dictionary
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques — (1712 78) A controversial social philosopher and educationalist of the French Enlightenment, whose writings centred around the development of social contract theory, a theory of human nature as essentially open but subsequently enchained, and a… … Dictionary of sociology
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques — See Enlightenment I (The French): science, materialism and determinism and Enlightenment II (The French): deism, morality and politics … History of philosophy
