Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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| - | '''Jean-Jacques Rousseau''', ([[June 28]], [[1712]] – [[July 2]], [[1778]]) was a [[geneva|Genevan]] [[philosopher]] of the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] whose political ideas influenced the [[French Revolution]], the development of [[socialism|socialist]] theory, and the growth of [[nationalism]]. Rousseau also made important contributions to music both as a theorist and as a composer. With his ''[[Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)|Confessions]]'' and other writings, he practically invented modern autobiography and encouraged a new focus on the building of subjectivity that would bear fruit in the work of thinkers as diverse as [[Hegel]] and [[Freud]]. His novel ''[[Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse]]'' was one of the best-selling fictional works of the [[eighteenth century]] and was important to the development of [[romanticism]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [May 2007] | + | '''Jean-Jacques Rousseau''', ([[June 28]], [[1712]] – [[July 2]], [[1778]]) was a [[geneva|Genevan]] [[philosopher]] of the [[The Age of Enlightenment|Enlightenment]] whose political ideas influenced the [[French Revolution]], the development of [[socialism|socialist]] theory, and the growth of [[nationalism]]. Rousseau also made important contributions to music both as a theorist and as a composer. With his ''[[Confessions (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)|Confessions]]'' and other writings, he practically invented modern autobiography and encouraged a new focus on the building of subjectivity that would bear fruit in the work of thinkers as diverse as [[Hegel]] and [[Freud]]. His novel ''[[Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse]]'' was one of the best-selling fictional works of the [[eighteenth century]] and was important to the development of [[romanticism]].{{GFDL}} |
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. Rousseau also made important contributions to music both as a theorist and as a composer. With his Confessions and other writings, he practically invented modern autobiography and encouraged a new focus on the building of subjectivity that would bear fruit in the work of thinkers as diverse as Hegel and Freud. His novel Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse was one of the best-selling fictional works of the eighteenth century and was important to the development of romanticism.
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