Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

See biography, media, quotes. A Franco-Swiss philosopher of Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism.

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• Speech on the Arts and Sciences (1750, Discours sur les sciences et les arts)
• Discourse on Political Economy (1755, Discours d’économie politique)
• Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men (1755, Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes)
• Letters to M. D'Alembert on the Theater (1758, Lettre à d’Alembert sur les spectacles)
• The New Heloise (1761, Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse)
• Emile, or On Education (1762, Émile, ou De l’éducation)
• The Creed of a Savoyard Priest (Profession de foi du vicaire savoyard)
• The Social Contract (1762, Du contrat social)
• Letters Written from the Mountain (1764, Lettres de la montagne)
• Considerations on the Government of Poland (1782)
• Reveries of a Solitary Walker (1782, Les Rêveries du promeneur solitaire)
• Confessions (Rousseau) (1782-1789, Les Confessions)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.