Last name: Rousseau
Name/names: Jean, Jacques
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Born: 28 June 1712 (These, Switzerland)
Died: 2 July 1778 (Ermenoville, France)
Category: Literature.
Rousseau Jan Jakub (Jan Jacques) – ur. 28.VI.1712 in Geneva, He died on 2.VII.1778 in Ermenoville, French writer and enlightenment philosopher. In his youth he left his hometown and wandered a lot in Piedmont and Sabaudia. W 1744 He comes to Paris and cooperates with the great French encyclopedia in the field of music. He won the dissertation written at the Dijon Academy Competition on the benefit of science and arts and the origin of unevenness between the peoples. He formulated here the main theses of his philosophy, which he later developed in the main works: Dissertation about sciences and arts (1750), Letter to d’Alambert about shows (1758), New Heloiza (1761), Social contract (1762), Emil (1762), Notes on the Polish government (1772) oraz ogłoszonych pośmiertnie słynnych Confessions and pride of a lonely wanderer. Rousseau philosophy is based on the assumption, that man is good by nature, Only a civilization based on ownership has deducted him, So property is evil. However, civilization also ennobles man, However, he should find a natural man in himself, without rejecting it all, which ennobles the social man. These ideas had a significant impact during the French Revolution. W 1762 work Emil zostało potępione i spalone, And Rousseau had to leave France for fear of repression by going to England and Switzerland.