Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose works on political theory, education, and human nature profoundly influenced modern democracy, romanticism, and revolutionary thought.
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| Jean-Jacques Rousseau canonical | 120 |
| Rousseau | 4 |
| Jean-Jacques | 3 |
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Target entity: Jean-Jacques Rousseau Context triple: [Age of Enlightenment, majorFigure, Jean-Jacques Rousseau]
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Voltaire
Voltaire was an influential 18th-century French writer, philosopher, and satirist known for his advocacy of reason, civil liberties, and criticism of religious and political authority.
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John Locke
John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
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Johann Gottfried Herder
Johann Gottfried Herder was an 18th-century German philosopher, theologian, and literary critic whose ideas on language, culture, and history helped shape Romanticism and modern hermeneutics.
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a 19th-century French philosopher and economist, best known as a pioneering theorist of anarchism and mutualism whose critiques of property and authority deeply shaped libertarian socialist thought.
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David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jean-Jacques Rousseau Target entity description: Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-century Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer whose works on political theory, education, and human nature profoundly influenced modern democracy, romanticism, and revolutionary thought.
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A.
Voltaire
Voltaire was an influential 18th-century French writer, philosopher, and satirist known for his advocacy of reason, civil liberties, and criticism of religious and political authority.
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B.
John Locke
John Locke was a 17th-century English philosopher whose ideas on natural rights, government by consent, and the social contract became foundational to modern liberal political thought.
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C.
Johann Gottfried Herder
Johann Gottfried Herder was an 18th-century German philosopher, theologian, and literary critic whose ideas on language, culture, and history helped shape Romanticism and modern hermeneutics.
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D.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon was a 19th-century French philosopher and economist, best known as a pioneering theorist of anarchism and mutualism whose critiques of property and authority deeply shaped libertarian socialist thought.
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David Hume
David Hume was an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and historian known for his influential empiricism, skepticism, and naturalistic approach to human understanding.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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composer ⓘ human ⓘ philosopher ⓘ political philosopher ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1712-06-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Geneva
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canton of Geneva ⓘ
surface form:
Republic of Geneva
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| burialPlace | Panthéon, Paris ⓘ |
| citizenship |
canton of Geneva
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surface form:
Republic of Geneva
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| deathDate | 1778-07-02 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Ermenonville
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France ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of France
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| era | 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Rousseau
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| fieldOfWork |
autobiographical writing
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education theory ⓘ music composition ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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novel ⓘ opera ⓘ political treatise ⓘ |
| givenName |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Jean-Jacques
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| influenced |
French Revolution
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Immanuel Kant ⓘ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ⓘ Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ Romantic literature ⓘ modern democracy ⓘ modern educational theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Locke
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Michel de Montaigne ⓘ classical republicanism ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| movement |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
Romanticism ⓘ |
| name | Jean-Jacques Rousseau self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Genevan ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Confessions
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Discourse on the Arts and Sciences ⓘ Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men ⓘ Emile, or On Education ⓘ Julie, or the New Heloise ⓘ Reveries of the Solitary Walker ⓘ The Social Contract ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept |
amour-propre
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civil religion ⓘ general will ⓘ natural goodness of man ⓘ social contract ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
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