jean-jacques rousseau
- n French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
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- Rousseau advocated democracy, education
On July 2, 1778, while talking a morning walk to enjoy the natural wonder of his friend’s garden on a bucolic estate in Ermenonville, Jean-Jacques Rousseau died of a brain hemorrhage. The garden was inspired by Rousseau’s ideas and built by his last pupil, René Louis de Girardin, Marquis of Vauvray.
July 3, 2013 - The Journal News