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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a political philosopher
. The self-taught Rousseau sought to mediate between the thoughts of theorists on both ends of the political spectrum. His main philosophical project was to describe the passage of human beings from their natural state into a civil society and to understand the differing virtues of each state and the ways they could be mediated between to provide for the common good.This SparkNotes guide offers concise, one-section discussions of four of Rousseau’s influential works: Discourse on Inequality, The Social Contract, Èmile, and Confessions.
SparkNotes also offers a separate, more comprehensive study guides for Discourse on Inequality and The Social Contract.
