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Jean Jacques Rousseau (view source)
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Rousseau vehemently detested [[Catholicism]] along with other institutionalized as well as private forms of [[Christianity]], believing that mankind would be better off with his idea of a civil religion wedded to the state<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=IPZa0_Qx0koC&pg=PA16&dq=%22civil+religion%22+rousseau#PPA17,M1 ''Religion as a Public Good''], Alan Mittleman, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003
Rousseau vehemently detested [[Catholicism]] along with other institutionalized as well as private forms of [[Christianity]], believing that mankind would be better off with his idea of a civil religion wedded to the state<ref> [http://books.google.com/books?id=IPZa0_Qx0koC&pg=PA16&dq=%22civil+religion%22+rousseau#PPA17,M1 ''Religion as a Public Good''], Alan Mittleman, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003
ISBN 0742531252, 9780742531253, 336 pages, pp. 16-17</ref>. He also believed that the society had a duty toward the poor, to care for them, and to look after them, but interestingly he dumped all 19 of his own illegitimate children in charitable institutions, some of them Roman Catholic and expected them to take care of them.
ISBN 0742531252, 9780742531253, 336 pages, pp. 16-17</ref>. He also believed that the society had a duty toward the poor, to care for them, and to look after them, but interestingly he dumped all 19 of his own illegitimate children in charitable institutions, some of them Roman Catholic and expected them to take care of them.
Aside from his work of ''The Social Contract'' as well as his role in supplying a blueprint for the French Revolution and Reign of Terror, he was also responsible for several of the aspects of modern education, including especially early childhood education, via his work ''Emile: or On Education''.
Although Rousseau is taught in various educational circles and was valued as an Enlightenment sage, [[Paul Johnson]] in his book ''[[Intellectuals]]'' demonstrated that Rousseau was a veritiable psychopath and a liar, also citing other people from that time who expressed similar views.<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z5260P.pdf Excerpt from Paul Johnson's ''Intellectuals''] on thedivineconspiracy.org</ref>
Although Rousseau is taught in various educational circles and was valued as an Enlightenment sage, [[Paul Johnson]] in his book ''[[Intellectuals]]'' demonstrated that Rousseau was a veritiable psychopath and a liar, also citing other people from that time who expressed similar views.<ref>[http://www.thedivineconspiracy.org/Z5260P.pdf Excerpt from Paul Johnson's ''Intellectuals''] on thedivineconspiracy.org</ref>