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Swiss-born political [[philosopher]] '''Jean Jacques Rousseau''' (1712-1778) was an influential French essayist, prominent [[liberal]] and [[socialist]] social theorist, leading [[Enlightenment]] thinker, and primary philosopher of the French Revolution.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-YJlpiTbckgC&pg=PA357 Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia]</ref> As such, he was also considered to be the father of the modern left-wing.  He argued that [[politics]] and [[morality]] could not be separated, and that the will of the majority was not always correct.

Swiss-born political [[philosopher]] '''Jean Jacques Rousseau''' (1712-1778) was an influential French essayist, prominent [[liberal]] and [[socialist]] social theorist, leading [[Enlightenment]] thinker, and primary philosopher of the French Revolution.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-YJlpiTbckgC&pg=PA357 Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia]</ref> As such, he was also considered to be the father of the modern left-wing.  He argued that [[politics]] and [[morality]] could not be separated, and that the will of the majority was not always correct.

However, Rousseau also attacked [[private property]], and laid the groundwork for the [[French Revolution]] and [[Reign of Terror]], and by extension, laid the groundwork for future [[communist]] writers such as [[Karl Marx]].  Rousseau declared that government's goal should be to provide freedom, equality and justice, in contrast with the [[Founding Fathers]] who recognized that freedom was already pre-existing and could not be provided by any government.

However, Rousseau also attacked [[private property]], and laid the groundwork for the [[French Revolution]] and [[Reign of Terror]], and by extension, laid the groundwork for future [[communist]] writers such as [[Karl Marx]].  Rousseau declared that government's goal should be to provide freedom, equality and justice, in contrast with the [[Founding Fathers]] who recognized that freedom was already pre-existing and could not be provided by any government. His ideas were rejected by them, but served as a foundation for the totalitarian governments that were [[communist]], [[fascist]], and [[national socialist]].<ref>https://www.politicalsciencenotes.com/political-thinkers/jean-jacques-rousseau/rousseau-is-a-totalitarian-thinker-justified/1127</ref>

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