His Emile, or On Education (1762) is an educational treatise on the place of the individual in society.
Rousseau's sentimental novel Julie, or the New Heloise (1761) was important to the development of preromanticism and romanticism in fiction. His Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract are cornerstones in modern political and social thought. 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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau ( UK: / ˈ r uː s oʊ/, US: / r uː ˈ s oʊ/ French: 28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher ( philosophe), writer, and composer.
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