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Louise-Éléanore de la Tour du Pil, baroness de Warens was a benevolent aristocrat who engaged the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in an idyllic liaison from 1728 to 1742, furthering his education and social position as his lover and maternal protectress.
Oct 1, 2024 · Louise Dupin was an ardent advocate for gender equality. Her major, though unfinished, work, Ouvrage sur les femmes , challenges Montesquieu's reasoning, and voices radically feminist ideas. She narrates the history of famous women and discusses women's roles in all areas including literature, history, philosophy and the church.
Dec 12, 2023 · Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) was a Swiss philosopher whose work both praised and criticised the Enlightenment movement. Although a believer in the power of reason, science, and the arts, Rousseau was convinced that a flourishing culture hid a society full of inequalities and injustices.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most influential thinkers during the Enlightenment in eighteenth century Europe. His first major philosophical work, A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts, was the winning response to an essay contest conducted by the Academy of Dijon in 1750.
Françoise-Louise de Warens, born Louise Éléonore de la Tour du Pil, also called Madame de Warens (31 March 1699 [1] – 29 July 1762 [2]), was the benefactress and mistress of Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
Louise Geneviève de La Hye née Rousseau (7 March 1807 - 18 November 1838) was a French pianist, organist and composer, who sometimes used the pseudonym M. Leon Saint-Amans.
Oct 21, 2021 · Louise Rousseau aka Prou. Born 20 Mar 1682 in Saint-Laurent, Île-d'Orléans, Canada, Nouvelle-France. Ancestors. Daughter of Thomas Rousseau and Marie Madeleine Olivier.
