Jean-Jacques Rousseau

When it was first published in 1781, The Confessions scandalised Europe with its emotional honesty and frank treatment of the author's sexual and intellectual development. Since then, it has had a more profound impact on European thought. Rousseau left posterity a model of the reflective life - the solitary, uncompromising individual, the enemy of servitude and habit and the selfish egoist who dedicates his life to a particular ideal. The Confessions...

The landmark political treatise that refuted the so-called divine right of kings and established the principles of representative government   "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."   With these stirring words, Jean-Jacques Rousseau begins The Social Contract-the first shot in a battle of ideas that would set the stage for the American War of Independence and the French Revolution. In the feverish days of the Enlightenment, Rousseau...

"The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau" is a one-of-a-kind autobiography. Up until its publication in 1782, only two autobiographies had ever been written, and both were written by devout religious saints. Highly scandalous yet witty in nature, calling Rousseau's work an "autobiography" is a loose categorization of the text, as many of the stories and tales have been proven false, yet Rousseau told the truth about the spirit of his life through...

Born on June 28, 1712, the Genevan philosopher, novelist and essayist Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most prominent and definitive minds of the Enlightenment. Self-taught, Rousseau dabbled in many fields, keeping journals of his interests in science, mathematics, music, astronomy, botany, music, literature, and philosophy. He achieved sudden success and subsequent fame with his "A Discourse on the Arts and Sciences", a work that cemented his...

Une édition de référence des Confessions de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques. « Je suis né à Genève en 1712, d'Isaac Rousseau, citoyen, et de Suzanne Bernard, citoyenne. Un bien fort médiocre à partager entre quinze enfants ayant réduit presque à rien la portion de mon père, il n'avait pour subsister que son métier d'horloger, dans lequel il était à la vérité fort habile....

"Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains." Thus begins Rousseau's influential 1762 work, in which he argues that all government is fundamentally flawed and that modern society is based on a system of inequality. The philosopher posits that a good government can justify its need for individual compromises and that promoting social settings in which people transcend their immediate appetites and desires leads to the development of self-governing,...

Découvrez "Émile ou De l'éducation" de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, une œuvre révolutionnaire qui défie les normes éducatives de son époque. Suivez le destin d'Émile, un jeune garçon dont l'éducation est guidée par la nature et l'expérience plutt que par les conventions sociales. Rousseau nous invite à repenser la façon dont nous élevons nos enfants, en prnant une éducation basée sur l'autonomie, la curiosité et le respect de la nature...

Este livro influenciou diretamente a Revolução Francesa e os rumos da história. Impactante ensaio, O contrato social ou Princípios de Direito político causou furor desde sua publicação, em 1762, e eternizou-se como um dos principais textos fundadores do Estado moderno. Nele, o filósofo iluminista, romancista, teórico e compositor suíço Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) – em meio a uma Europa majoritariamente monar­quista, defensora da...

Der Gesellschaftsvertrag;Jean-Jacques Rousseausorgte 1762 für Aufsehen als er sein Werk Vom Gesellschaftsvertrag oder Prinzipien des Staatsrechtes veröffentlichte. Es wurde kurz nach der Veröffentlichung in einigen europäischen Staaten verboten und gilt bis heute als ein Meilenstein der Aufklärung.

The Confessions is an autobiographical work of Jean-Jacques Rousseau which initiated modern autobiography. Covering the first fifty-three years of Rousseau's life the book provides an account of the experiences that shaped his personality and ideas.