In the
Philosopher category, our Democratic Dictatorship is pleased to appoint:
Jean-Jacques Rousseau!
Jean Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a major
Genevois philosopher, writer, and composer of 18th-century
Romanticism. His
political philosophy heavily influenced the
French Revolution, as well as the
American Revolution and the overall development of modern political, sociological and educational thought.
His novel,
Emile: or, On Education, which he considered his most important work, is a seminal treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His
sentimental novel,
Julie, ou la nouvelle Héloïse, was of great importance to the development of pre-romanticism and
romanticism in fiction. Rousseau's autobiographical writings: his
Confessions, which initiated the modern
autobiography, and his
Reveries of a Solitary Walker were among the pre-eminent examples of the late 18th-century movement known as the
Age of Sensibility, featuring an increasing focus on subjectivity and introspection that has characterized the modern age.