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Jean Jacques Rousseau Period 2

Jean-Jacques Rousseau Jean-Jacques is a man who was born inGeneva,Switzerlandin 1712. He became an orphan 13 years later and moved into an abusive home later on. He died on 1778 at 66 years old. When he was a teenager he was learning how to be an engraver. He then wanderedEuropeat the age of 16 and he met many wealthy people. They took him in and then he began to learn philosophy. Around 30 he left toParisto be a philosopher. Some people consider him as a French philosopher and others consider him as a Swiss philosopher. Rousseau was known for many different things. One of them was that he was different. He had different ideas than others. A second thing to know about him is that he wrote many books. A third thing to know is that one of his most famous books opens with a famous line. A man is born free but everywhere is in chains. A fourth thing to know about him is that he believed that everyone is good. People are influenced to do bad things but everyone is born with good morals. A fifth thing to know about Rousseau is that he believed that everyone should be equal. No one is better than anyone. Last but not least something to know about him is that he believed in a direct democracy, where people say what they believe. Rousseau was different than a lot of other philosophers in his time because he believed that humans were good. Everyone could act by them selves. Rousseau believed that the best type of government is a direct democracy. One of the reasons he believed this was because he thought that people could say what they want and didn’t want to have a representative vote for him. Rousseau would support women’s rights because he believed everyone was equal, both men and women. Rousseau believed that man could and should vote for themselves, they know what is best because they are born good.