“Throw up the window that I may see once more the magnificent scene of nature.”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau uttered these last words after suffering an apoplectic stroke as a result of bleeding on the brain – it’s believed that repeated falls may have contributed to Rousseau’s stroke. The philosopher and writer, author of ‘The Social Contract,’ passed away at a cottage on the estate of his benefactor Marquis de Girardin, he was 66 years old.