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Jean Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva on June 18, 1712. He was raised by his father and then later by his aunt and uncle. This all happened not long after the death of his mother. Rousseau spent most of his life in France. He was a social and political philosopher that put together enlightenment and romantic themes in his writings. His main focus in many of his writings was the social inequalities within a society. Rousseau …

…remove all morality from his acts. To most of the philosophers during this time period of the Enlightenment, things seemed terrible. Most of the writers had to publish most of their books in secret. However, they were still able to prove what they believed was right, even when people began to fight back on what they said. Whether philosophy, religion, or politics were the main focus of a person's reading people were normally come around.