Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Portrait of 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.

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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Teach what Rousseau discovered

The Social Contract — ideas Rousseau is tied to on the Living Knowledge Map. On Incandio you prove you understand one by teaching it to Ember, the AI pupil, in Teach the Room.

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