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  Jean Jacques Rousseau ‘Man is born free , but everywhere he is in chains” “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of  foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair , we had everything before us, we had nothing before us…” — A Tale of Two Cities — Charles Dickens. Introduction : Jean Jacques Rousseau, an architect of a new movement in education, is the product of his time. If we want to know Rousseau completely we must take into consideration the age in which he was born. We must have a clear idea of the then French society and life. Traditionalism was deeply rooted in the soil of France. Economically, France was at the point of bankruptcy. About 90% of the total populations were half-fed and half-clad. Absolutism was the key-note of the time. ‘Divine right’ theory was the dominant...