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Rousseau — Genevan Enlightenment writer and philosopher, died at Ermenonville in 1778
A writer, philosopher and musician born a citizen of a republic and dead the guest of a marquis, he made popular sovereignty a doctrine and intimate confession a genre. At odds with the Church, with his city and with his friends, he spent his life changing refuge. (Editorial synthesis)
Rousseau was born on 28 June 1712. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Rousseau was born in Geneva. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Rousseau died on 2 July 1778. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Rousseau died in Ermenonville. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded work of Rousseau: The Social Contract. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
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