Rousseau

Social ContractFrance/Switzerland1712

OriginFrance/Switzerland

Era1712

SchoolSocial Contract

About Rousseau

Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. The Social Contract inspired both the French and American Revolutions. Abandoned all five of his children to an orphanage. His Confessions invented the modern autobiography. His disagreement with Hume became one of philosophys greatest feuds.

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