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In Geneva, Switzerland, where all adult male residents had the right to vote for a representative government, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was born. In order to better himself, Rousseau journeyed to France and Italy. He took first place in an essay competition in 1751. In the French salons, where artists, scientists, and authors congregated to discuss the newest ideas, his novel perspective that human nature was good and distorted by society made him a celebrity. A few years later, he released another essay in which he characterized savages as being free, equal, peaceful, and happy when living in the natural world. According to Rousseau, inequality, murder, and war followed the advent of people claiming ownership of property.