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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (UK: / ˈ r uː s oʊ /, US: / r uː ˈ s oʊ /; [1] [2] French: [ʒɑ̃ʒak ʁuso]; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher (), writer, and composer.. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational ...
Françoise-Louise de Warens The house where Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived with Mme de Warens in 1735–36. It is now a museum dedicated to Rousseau. Françoise-Louise de Warens, born Louise Éléonore de la Tour du Pil, also called Madame de Warens (31 March 1699 [1] – 29 July 1762 [2]), was the benefactress and mistress of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
The phrase can actually be traced back to Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions in 1765, 24 years prior to the French Revolution, and when Antoinette was nine years old and had never been to France. The phrase was only attributed to her decades after her death, and historians do not believe that she said it.
He visited Rousseau in Paris with his son, who played Rousseau's compositions on the spinet while Rousseau sang. In the wildest part of the park, called Le Desert, [nb 1] Girardin started to build a house for Rousseau, modeled after the "Élysée" of Julie in Rousseau's novel La Nouvelle Héloïse. Rousseau visited the garden in May 1778 and ...
Emile, or On Education (French: Émile, ou De l’éducation) is a treatise on the nature of education and on the nature of man written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who considered it to be the "best and most important" of all his writings. [1]
Rousseau on Women, Love, and Family is an anthology of works by French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau covering five themes—women and politics, gender identity, women, love, and family. The volume was edited by authors, Christopher Kelly and Eve Grace.
Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), French naive painter, also known as Douanier Rousseau; Jacques Rousseau (painter) (1630–1693), French painter; Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870–1956), French painter and art theorist; Jean Simeon Rousseau de la Rottière (1747–1820), French decorative painter; Philippe Rousseau (1816–1887), French still life painter
Thérèse is described in Rousseau's Confessions as a woman of low intelligence, exploited by her family. They went through a legally invalid marriage ceremony at Bourgoin on August 29, 1768. Therese provided Rousseau with support and care, and when he died, she was the sole inheritor of his belongings, including manuscripts and royalties.