Who was a french enlightenment philosopher and author of the social contract, which became one of the most influential works of political philosophy in the western tradition?

The answer is Jean-Jacques Rousseau. He was a Genevan thinker, essayist, and arranger of the eighteenth century, fundamentally dynamic in France. His political theory impacted the Enlightenment crosswise over Europe, and also parts of the French Revolution and the general advancement of present day political and instructive idea.