# Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Beyond Good and Evil character guide

> Jean-Jacques Rousseau in Beyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rousseau

**First appearance:** 0002-i-prejudices-of-philosophers

## Who they are

Genevan philosopher frequently critiqued for his sentimentality.

## In the story

### [The Twilight of European Taste: From Mozart to Romanticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/beyond_good_and_evil_se/chapters/245)

Part of the European 'fate' and sentiment (dreaming, revolution) reflected in Beethoven's music; his language now sounds strange to modern ears.

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