39+ Jean Jacques Rousseau Contribution To Enlightenment Pics. Id like to start by saying that: Rousseau was not a fan of modern empires or modern sciences.

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Continuum library of educational thought (vol. In a certain sense, rousseau wanted to undermine the very institutions and practices that led to his own acclaim. He was best known for being the most influential thinker in the 18th century, during the enlightenment period, he was also a music theorist and a composer.

On the other hand, rousseau was against the enlightenment because he rejected the tyranny of reason and advocated the return to nature and.

He was one of the most important philosophers of the french enlightenment. Rousseau made several contributions to denis diderot's encyclopédia and in 1750 won a major essay competition, after which he returned to geneva and began writing in earnest. On the other hand, rousseau was against the enlightenment because he rejected the tyranny of reason and advocated the return to nature and. He thought that the 'arts and sciences' were mostly only good for reinforcing the values of an existing empire.