Rousseau's novel Emile, or On Education is a treatise on the education of the whole person for citizenship. His political philosophy influenced the French Revolution as well as the overall development of modern political, sociological, and educational thought. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 June 1712 – 2 July 1778) was a Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate as Rousseau asserts, only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right. The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. According to Wikipedia: "Of The Social Contract, Or Principles of Political Right (Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique 1762) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754).
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