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Rousseau

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Rous·seau  (r-s), Henri Known as "Le Douanier." 1844-1910.
French primitive painter of portraits, still lifes, city scenes, and metaphorical works, such as The Snake Charmer (1907).
Rousseau, Jean Jacques 1712-1778.
Swiss philosopher and writer who held that the individual is essentially good but usually corrupted by society. His written works include The Social Contract and Émile (both 1762).
Rousseau, Théodore 1812-1867.
French landscape painter who was the leader of the Barbizon school. His works include Descent of the Cattle (c. 1834).
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Noun1.RousseauRousseau - French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
2.RousseauRousseau - French primitive painter (1844-1910)
Henri Rousseau, Le Douanier Rousseau


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The Republic of Plato is also the first treatise upon education, of which the writings of Milton and Locke, Rousseau, Jean Paul, and Goethe are the legitimate descendants.
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A couple of tall poplars and a few other trees stood grouped on the clean, dark gravel, and under them a few garden benches and a bronze effigy of Jean Jacques Rousseau seated on its pedestal.
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He considers that Rousseau certainly told lies about himself in his confessions, and even intentionally lied, out of vanity.
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