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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Portrait by [[Maurice Quentin de La Tour]], 1753 Jean-Jacques Rousseau (, ; ; 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, ''philosophe'', 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 thought.

Rousseau's ''Discourse on Inequality'', which argues that private property is the source of inequality, and ''The Social Contract'', which outlines the basis for a legitimate political order, are cornerstones in modern political and social thought. Rousseau's sentimental novel ''Julie, or the New Heloise'' (1761) was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction. His ''Émile, or On Education'' (1762) is an educational treatise on the place of the individual in society. Rousseau's autobiographical writings—the posthumously published ''Confessions'' (completed in 1770), which initiated the modern autobiography, and the unfinished ''Reveries of the Solitary Walker'' (composed 1776–1778)—exemplified the late 18th-century "Age of Sensibility", and featured an increased focus on subjectivity and introspection that later characterized modern writing. Provided by Wikipedia
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    El contrato social by Rousseau, Jean Jacques

    Published 1988
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    El contrato social by Rousseau, Jean Jacques

    Published 1983
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    Contrato social o principios de derecho político by Rousseau, Jean Jacques

    Published 1943
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    El contrato social o principios de derecho político by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

    Published 2007
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    Contrato social by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

    Published 2012
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    Emilio y Sofía, o, Los solitarios / by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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    Julia o la nueva Eloísa / by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

    Published 2007
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    Cartas escritas desde la montaña / by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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    El contrato social / by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

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    Cartas morales y otra correspondencia filosófica / by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

    Published 2008
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    Ensayo sobre el origen de las lenguas by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

    Published 2008
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    El contrato social / by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

    Published 2017
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    Contrato social by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

    Published 2003
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    Emilio y Sofía, ó, Los solitarios by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

    Published 2004
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    Escritos sobre música / by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

    Published 2007
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    Contrato social, o, Principios de derecho político / by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778

    Published 2018
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