Associations to the word «Rousseau»

Wiktionary

ROUSSEAU, proper noun. A surname​.
ROUSSEAU, proper noun. Jean-Jacques Rousseau Swiss philosopher

Dictionary definition

ROUSSEAU, noun. French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778).
ROUSSEAU, noun. French primitive painter (1844-1910).

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope