+ Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher of the Day
+ Biography Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on June 28, 1712 in Geneva and died in Had a difficult childhood due to having no mother from birth.
+ He believed that authority lies within the people. He was a… Philosopher Composer Musician
+ “Pedagogical Way” Believed the child is the center of educational activity. The child is naturally “good.” It’s the society that corrupts man kind.
+ The Social Contract written in 1762, Rousseau states… Man is born free Controls by a freely formed government are good When government is by the consent of the governed people obtain their rights He also collaborated in the creation of the Encyclopedia
+ “Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.”
+ “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in shackles.”
+ “The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.”
+ “The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”
+ “You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.”
+ Jean-Jacques Rousseau French philosopher Author of The Social Contract Believed man was corrupted socially. Believed government had became powerful through knowledge, which crushed individual liberty.