Jean-Jacques Rousseau (jun 28, 1712 – jul 2, 1778)
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"Swiss-born philosopher, writer, and political theorist whose treatises and novels inspired the leaders of the French Revolution and the Romantic generation. Rousseau was the least academic of modern philosophers and in many ways was the most influential. His thought marked the end of the European Enlightenment (the “Age of Reason”)."-Britannica
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jun 28, 1712
jul 2, 1778
~ 66 years