1. + Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher of the Day

2. + Biography Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born on June 28, 1712 in Geneva and died in 1778. Had a difficult childhood due to having no mother from birth.

3. + He believed that authority lies within the people. He was a… Philosopher Composer Musician

4. + “Pedagogical Way” Believed the child is the center of educational activity. The child is naturally “good.” It’s the society that corrupts man kind.

5. + 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

6. + “Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.”

7. + “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in shackles.”

8. + “The person who has lived the most is not the one with the most years but the one with the richest experiences.”

9. + “The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”

10. + “You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.”

11. + 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.