He referred to his first and most important lover as “Mama.” All in all, the Geneva-born writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose three-hundredth birthday falls on June 28, was a hard man to admire.

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But the philosopher didn't stay there for long. In December 1757, he distanced himself and moved into a neighbouring house: ...

GENEVA, June 28 (UNHCR) - "Man is born free but everywhere is in chains." This quote made the Geneva-born political philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, world famous. But today, as we commemorate the ...

By any reckoning, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is one of the most influential Western philosophers in history. No account of the modern era – not just modern thought – could ignore him.

Few philosophers in the Western Canon fell under as intense persecution during their lifetimes as Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). After the publication and subsequent political and ecumenical ...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a contestataire, a non-conformist, a rebel, a pre-revolutionary, whose remains were carried to the Pantheon in the aftermath of the French Revolution, to be buried a hero.

This podcast was recorded on Aug. 17, 2016. David Gardner: All right, quote No. 1 this month. This one comes from Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It comes to me from one of my Twitter followers, @jackjane12.

The idea of absolute individual rights is associated with Jean-Jacques Rousseau. A small plaque in the Old Town in Geneva commemorates his early years here.