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...and the Declaration of the Rights of Man. She believed that the ideals of Rousseau were close to realization and that France would see a new dawn with equalit ...Marquis de]], and Louvet—as true republican disciples of [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]] and the only force capable of withstanding the violent inclinations of [[

...raries such as [[Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de]] and [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]] were unfavorable mainly because they remained midway between an arbitrary

...ann Wolfgang]]. He was drawn to philosophic figures like [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]], and Shaftsbury, and was greatly influenced by his friend, and fellow phi

...ting him to the works of figures like [[Hume, David]] and [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]]. Herder’s other mentor that would play a crucial role in his intellectu

...lliams produced her only novel, ''Julia'', a reworking of [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]]'s ''Julie; ou, la nouvelle Héloise''. The novel contains the first of Wi ...d translations, most notably a translation of [[Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri]]’s ''Paul et Virginie''.

...[[Diderot, Denis]] and befriended [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]] arranging for Rousseau to return with him to England, but they had a falling-out and parted as ene

...tions an alleged natural condition of humanity favored by [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]], Ferguson’s starting point was human beings as they are actually found

...itics such as [[Grimm, Baron Friedrich Melchior von]] and [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]] for its appealing lyricism and folk-like simplicity. In contrast to the

...rs repeatedly meet with refusal until he makes the acquaintance of Jacques-Jean Spoëde, a Flemish artist who introduces him to the works of Rubens and Van ...successful portraits such as the ones of Mademoiselle de la Boissière and Jean Restout. His exceptional knowledge of color and texture bring him much suc

...squieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de]], Newton and [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]]. In 1772, Mirabeau married Emilie de Marignane, a rich heiress from Prov

...ich precipitated a bitter feud with his erstwhile friend, [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]]. Around the same time he embarked on a 15-year affair with an unconventio ...was drafted in the 1760s), and ''D’Alembert’s Dream'' (1769); the novels ''Jacques the Fatalist'' (1774) and ''The Nun'' (1782); and the realistic psychologic

...ed. She had read [[Voltaire, François-Marie Arouet de]], [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]], [[Diderot, Denis]] resulting in interest for the notion of liberty and e ...udet, that are still at large unlike their fellow counterparts, [[Brissot, Jacques Pierre]] and [[Vergniaud, Pierre]], who had been already arrested. Thérè

.... Thinkers of nearly all political persuasions, including [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]], [[Burke, Edmund]], and [[Hume, David]] borrowed ideas from his corpus. I

..., François-Marie Arouet de]], Shakespeare, Richardson and [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]]. The latter exercised great influence in her life. ...ip and epistolary exchange. In 1776, the Cannet sisters introduced her to Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière. Roland was twenty years older, grim, morose,

...n reason in the species as a whole. Deeply influenced by [[Rousseau, Jean-Jacques]], Kant produced the last great statement of classical social contract theo