Early Life
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most important philosophers of The Enlightenment. Rousseau was very interested in what characteristics man inherently possessed from birth compared to what man learned from society. Rousseau coined the term “noble savage” to describe man in his natural state before he is corrupted by society. Rousseau’s thoughts and philosophy are a result of his upbringing and the state of the world, socially and politically, around him (Magee 126).
Rousseau was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1712. His mother dies a few days after his birth. He was at first, raised by his father
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