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1712-1778. Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. Advocated the equality of all human beings and government by "general will" (volonté générale) (cp. Contract Theory). Furthermore, he criticised civilisation as a corruptive force and claimed that children were good from birth (cp. Swaddling). In his Reveries of the Solitary Walker (1782), Rousseau elaborates a topic from earlier works: solitude in nature as the precondition to the awareness of oneself, the timeless and "simple feeling of existence".

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	1712-1778. Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. Advocated the equality of all human beings and government by "general will" (''volonté générale'') (cp. [[Contract Theory]]). He criticised civilisation ~~for being~~ a corruptive force and claimed that children were good from birth (cp. [[Swaddling]]) ~~and that human beings were perfectible~~. In his ''Reveries of the Solitary Walker'' (1782), Rousseau ~~develops~~ a ~~theme~~ from earlier works: solitude in nature as the precondition to the awareness of oneself, the ~~sheer,~~ timeless and "simple feeling of existence".		1712-1778. Genevan philosopher, writer and composer. Advocated the equality of all human beings and government by "general will" (''volonté générale'') (cp. [[Contract Theory]]). Furthermore, he criticised civilisation as a corruptive force and claimed that children were good from birth (cp. [[Swaddling]]). In his ''Reveries of the Solitary Walker'' (1782), Rousseau elaborates a topic from earlier works: solitude in nature as the precondition to the awareness of oneself, the timeless and "simple feeling of existence".