" For 10 points, name this philosopher who wrote Emile and The Social Contract.
An essay by this thinker argues that "perfectibility," or the faculty of self-improvement, separates humans from animals. In that essay, this thinker described humanity's transition from pure self-love, or amour de soi, to self-esteem based on comparison to others, or amour propre (UH-moor PROP). He wrote a novel about the ideal education for a boy who later marries Sophie. In another treatise, this author of Discourse on Inequality argued that a sovereign must govern according to the people's "general will." He began a book with the line "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." For 10 points, name this philosopher who wrote Emile and The Social Contract.
An essay by this thinker argues that "perfectibility," or the faculty of self-improvement, separates humans from animals.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau