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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Citizen · Father of Romanticism · Philosopher · 1712–1778

The philosopher of the social contract and general will — whose ideas lit the fuse of the French Revolution.

Defend these ideas against Rousseau

Incandio is a free revision platform for the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE, and on it a topic counts as mastered only once you have learned it, proved it in questions, taught it back and defended it against the person with the strongest claim on it. Jean-Jacques Rousseau is that person for 3 topics on the course:

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Explore the life of Rousseau — five chapters

1. The Citizen of Geneva Who Ran Away — A watchmaker's son on the road
2. The Road to Vincennes — One question, and a complete reversal
3. The Social Contract and Émile — Two books, published the same year, both burned
4. The Confession He Could Not Escape — Five children, and a foundling hospital
5. Ermenonville and the Panthéon — The Revolution claims him

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