POLS 300 : John Rousseau study guide
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Switzerland (europe), 1700s: describe his childhood events that may have been formative on his political thinking as an adult. his mother died soon after his birth so he didn t have a mother figure in his life. His father was sent to prison when he was 10, so he didn t have a parents from age 10 and on. He was sent to live with his uncle and then left town when he was 16 to roam throughout europe. He went job to job and woman to woman. He didn t have much formal education and was self-taught. He became lovers with an older woman and called her mama and leaves her for another and has 5 children all of which he took to the orphanage. There was a question of if enlightenment had helped morality. The garden was a state of nature and believed that people were good then they were alone and solitary.
