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rousseau

/ɹuˈsoʊ/

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What does rousseau mean?

proper noun

  1. A surname from French.
  2. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778), Genevan philosopher.

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Among the theories of Rousseau that relating to the perfection of the primitive social state had a great success.
Gustave Le BonThe Psychology of RevolutionProject Gutenberg ebook #448
Even J. J. Rousseau--confounding communism and equality--has said somewhere that, without slavery, he did not think equality of conditions possible.
P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph) ProudhonWhat is Property? An Inquiry into the Principle of Right and of GovernmentProject Gutenberg ebook #360
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Since no one has stated in the doctrine both its truth and falsity better than Rousseau, we shall turn to him.
John DeweyDemocracy and Education: An Introduction to the Philosophy of EducationProject Gutenberg ebook #852
This Restaurant Rousseau, where so few bottles and so many water carafes were emptied, was a calming potion rather than a restaurant.
Victor HugoLes MisérablesTranslated by Isabel Florence HapgoodProject Gutenberg ebook #135
But the best example of a book, which is also a relic, is the “Imitatio Christi,” which belonged to J. J. Rousseau.
Andrew LangThe LibraryProject Gutenberg ebook #2018