Jean-Jacques Rousseau & Voltaire

Did Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire live at the same time?

Yes. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire lived at the same time for 66 years, from 1712 to 1778.^[1][2][3][4]

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · Voltaire · Born in 1712 · Born in 1694

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1712–1778

Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment philosopher of The Social Contract

Voltaire

1694–1778

Philosophy & Thought

Enlightenment writer and philosopher

How Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Voltaire Are Connected

• Rousseau, later famous as a theorist of education, wrote that he gave his newborn children to a foundling hospital, and critics including Voltaire used it against him.^[1]
• Rousseau and his great critic Voltaire ended up side by side: in 1794 Rousseau's remains were moved to the Panthéon and placed near those of Voltaire.^[1]

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