Jean-Jacques Rousseau
28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778
Genevan philosopher and writer whose ideas on the social contract, education, and human nature profoundly influenced the Enlightenment and the French Revolution.
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Won the Academy of Dijon essay prize
1750
His Discourse on the Arts and Sciences brought him sudden fame.
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Fled to England at the invitation of David Hume
1766
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