JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
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Born
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1712
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Fled from Geneva
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March, 1728
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Changes religion at Turin
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April, "
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With Madame de Warens, including various intervals, until
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April, 1740
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Goes to Paris with musical schemes
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1741
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Secretary at Venice
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Spring, 1743
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Paris, first as secretary to M. Francueil, then
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{ 1744
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as composer, and copyist
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{ to
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{ 1756
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The Hermitage
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April 9, 1756
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Montmorency
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Dec. 15, 1757
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Yverdun
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June 14, 1762
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Motiers-Travers
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July 10, 1762
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Isle of St. Peter
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Sept., 1765
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Strasburg
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Nov., "
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Paris
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December, "
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Arrives in England
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Jan. 13, 1766
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Leaves Dover
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May 22, 1767
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Fleury
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June, "
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Trye
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July, "
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Dauphiny
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Aug., 1768
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Paris
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June, 1770
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Death
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July 2, 1778
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PRINCIPAL WRITINGS.
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Discourse on the Influence of Learning and Art
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Published 1750
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Discourse on Inequality
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" 1754
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Letter to D'Alembert
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" 1758
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New Heloïsa (began 1757, finished in winter of 1759-60
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" 1761
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Social Contract
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" 1762
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Emilius
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" 1762
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Letters from the Mountain
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" 1764
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Confessions (written 1766-70)
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{ Pt. I 1781
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{ Pt. II 1788
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Rêveries (written 1777-78).
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Comme dans les étangs assoupis sous les bois,
Dans plus d'une âme on voit deux choses à la fois:
Le ciel, qui teint les eaux à peine remuées
Avec tous ses rayons et toutes ses nueés;
Et la vase, fond morne, affreux, sombre et dormant,
Où des reptiles noirs fourmillent vaguement.
Hugo.