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Definition of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
1. Noun. French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Literary usage of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The Encyclopedia wrought the ruin of society, but proposed nothing to take its
place; Jean-Jacques Rousseau dreamed of effecting its re-constitution on a ..."
2. A History of Political Theories from Rousseau to Spencer by William Archibald Dunning (1920)
"POLITICAL THEORIES CHAPTER I JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU. Source and Method of His
Philosophy THE contributions of Jean Jacques Rousseau to political theory can ..."
3. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"The pride and self-confidence of the Enlightenment were, however, rudely shaken
by Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), who characterized the arts and ..."
4. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"The pride and self-confidence of the Enlightenment were, however, rudely shaken
by Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), who characterized the arts and ..."
5. A Text-Book in the History of Education by Paul Monroe (1905)
"JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU. — Essentially democratic, as the early phase of the
Enlightenment had been essentially aristocratic, forming at once the culmination ..."
6. Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution by Thomas Paine (1892)
"Translated from the French of JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU, CITIZEN OF GENEVA. ALSO, -A
SEARCH FOR TRUTH.- BY OLIVE SCHREINER. Port 8ro, 128 pp., with Portrait; ..."
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