Geneva once condemned Jean-Jacques Rousseau and burned his books, but is now preparing to celebrate his birth 300 years ago with pomp. The Swiss city has declared him one of its greatest citizens and a key figure of the Enlightenment. The official launch of the 300th anniversary entitled "2012 Rousseau for All" on January 19 will inaugurate an ambitious year-long programme. It will illustrate the writer's many facets as a philosopher, thinker, teacher, musician and herbalist, who wrote about...
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