3 reasons why jean jacques rousseau was the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment

Jean Jack Rousseau was a Genevan philosopher. He lived during the age of Enlightenment( 18th century). His political ideology helped in the development of socialist theories and nationalism, it also influenced the French leaders during the French revolution.

Jean Jack Rousseau is important because of his contributions to moral psychology and political philosophy and his influence on later thinkers especially Kant. He was most influential  thinkers in eighteenth century.

 The discourse on the Science and Arts, The discourse on origin of Inequality are some of his famous works, the latter solidified his place as an intellectual figure.  In it he argued that inequality is unnatural and not related to the true nature of man, and moral inequality is created by the man itself.  

Emile was his major work on the philosophy of education while The social Contract dealt with political philosophy. His influence can also be seen on  Immanuel Kant's work on ethics and his novel Julie had an impact on the Romantic Naturalism movement of eighteenth century.

The Social Contract is another famous book written by him, In it he argues that the laws are only binding on a person when it is supported by the general will of the people.

The most famous lines from the book are " man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains" . He challenged the traditional order of the society and believed that a good government must consider the freedom of all its citizens as the most fundamental objective. While previous philosophers spoke about the elites  Rousseau spoke for the common person.

in 'popular history' of europe in america it's common to blame the rise of the nazis (and of coursewwii, too) mainly on the treaty of versailles. despite the harshness of the treaty and despite the inflation of 1919-23 germany did benefit from the economic buoyancy of the roaring twenties. in the general election in 1928, the nazis only managed to get 12 (out of about 584) seats in the reichstag. the nazis were widely seen as a laughing-stock led by a funny little man given to yelling and wild gesticulation. of all european countries, none was hit harder than germany by the stockmarket crash of october 1929. germany had borrowed very large sums from american banks, with much of the money repayable either on demand or at short notice. these loans were of course recalled, and bankruptcies in germany rose sharply from the start of 1930 (or earlier). unemployment rose sharply, too. the german constitution of 1919 contained much that was utopian, including the right to paid employment. the realities of the situation made a mockery of the weimar constitution. one of german's great weaknesses at the time was the lack of a broadly based, popular right-wing party comparable to, say, the republicans in the us or the conservatives in britain. the obvious candidate, the german nationalists (the dnvp), had lost its grip and was hopelessly out oftouch with many of its supporters especially in rural areas. germany became increasingly hard to govern.

from about the middle of 1930 onwards the new chancellor, br�ning, had to govern by decree. in the absence of mainstream right-wing party, the nazis - who ruthlessly exploited genuine grievances - suddenly became the largest single party in the reichstag. with the growing effects of the great depression, unemployment reached about 27% (or more) in 1932. acting on bad advice (from the dnvp) hindenburg dismissed brüning in july 1932. in the general election that followed, the nazis won 37% of the seats. the other party that did well was the communist party (kpd) with 14%. fresh elections were held in november 1932: the nazi vote fell slightly, but the communist vote rose to 17%. in the streets of berlin and other major cities violence between left and right and their paramilitary wings grew. by late 1932, the effects of the great depression in germany had passed their peak, but this wasn't obvious at the time. the steady rise in communist vote triggered panic among most of the mainstream parties. after trying various solutions to the political crisis, hindenburg again took very bad advice - again from the dnvp. on the basis of this advice, he appointed hitler reichs chancellor on 30 january 1933 who promised to form a coalition with the german nationalists (dnvp). he did so, but at the same time almost immediately unleashed the sa (stormtroopers) who started a reign of terror within two months germany became a dictatorship, complete with concentration camps. joncey

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