Rousseau
['ru:səu]
Definition
(noun.) 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).
(noun.) French primitive painter (1844-1910).
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Examples
- Since no one has stated in the doctrine both its truth and falsity better than Rousseau, we shall turn to him. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Was Rousseau ever loved? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The big men from Machiavelli through Rousseau to Karl Marx brought history, logic, science and philosophy to prop up and strengthen their deepest desires. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- And what I say of Cowper, I should say of Rousseau. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The creed of a Rousseau, for example, is active in politics, not for what it says, but for what people think it says. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The wording of Rousseau will repay careful study. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Do you like characters of the Rousseau order, Caroline? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I dare say I should be more tolerant of a Rousseau than you would, Cary. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Rousseau's work was essentially demoralizing. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Moore never talked to me either about Cowper, or Rousseau, or love. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In Rousseau's words: Children are always in motion; a sedentary life is injurious. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He believed not in a god familiar to men, but in a certain Supreme Being, and that Rousseau was his prophet. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The followers, the epigones, may accept the reasons of Rousseau and Marx and deduce rules of action from them. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- His might have been called the Rousseau of Egdon. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Nature still means something antithetical to existing social organization; Plato exercised a great influence upon Rousseau. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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