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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was a Genevan philosopher, philosophe, writer, and composer. His political philosophy influenced the progress of the Age of Enlightenment throughout Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the development of modern political, economic, and educational thought.

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“To a woman indifferent to love, every man is the same, and all are men; but to her whose heart is truly susceptible of that refined passion, there is no other man in the world but her lover.”

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau《Eloisa: or, A series of original letters》

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Eloisa: or, A series of original letters

Eloisa: or, A series of original letters is a literary work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Its themes and subject matter include Alps Region during 18th century and Epistolary fiction. Together, these subjects provide the book with its main literary, historical, social, or intellectual context.

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