Jean-Jacques Rousseau Biography

Jean-Jacques Rousseau biography

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NAME: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
OCCUPATION: Philosopher, Songwriter
BIRTH DATE: June 28, 1712
DEATH DATE: July 02, 1778
PLACE OF BIRTH: Geneva, Switzerland
PLACE OF DEATH: Ermenonville, France

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau is best known as an influential 18th-century philosopher who wrote the acclaimed work A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, known as one of the most influential thinkers during the 18th-century European Enlightenment period, was born on June 28, 1712, in Geneva, Switzerland. His first philosophical work, A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences, discussed how science and arts had caused the corruption of virtue and morality. Rousseau was also a composer and music theorist.