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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1712 - 1778

 

Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712-1778

 



J.J. Rousseau was a French thinker and philosopher. He was also an excellent chess player.

Rousseau was born in Geneva, which, at the time of his birth, was an independent city, protected by France. Geneva became officially Swiss in the year 1814.


Jean-Jacques Rousseau was for expressing emotion and against suppressing them just for the sake of being polite. He also recommended that we all should get in touch with our conscience a little bit more.

And for those of us who need a wee reminder, conscience is defined as the inner sense of right and wrong.

Pronounce CONSCIENCE



Rousseau felt emotions much stronger than the average bear. So it came as no surprise that he hated social injustice with a vengeance.

 

 

Rousseau's Social Contract
Rousseau's Social Contract


 

One of of Jean-Jacques' all-time favorites was Plutarch. He also liked the works of Voltaire, who lived 1694 - 1778. The two, Rousseau and Voltaire, got along well at first but later ended up despising each other.

J.J. Rousseau was one of the first ones who thought that childhood memories could form your personality. He was also the inventor of modern autobiography with his work Confessions.

Rousseau adopted a systematic study to improve mind and heart ( Ben Franklin comes to mind with his self-improvement system).

Rousseau says,

"I have undertaken a system of study that I have divided under two principal headings: the first, everything that serves to enlighten the mind and fill it with useful and agreeable knowledge; the second, methods for training the heart in wisdom and virtue."

He ordered stacks of books and started developing his own self-help program.
 


Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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