Was it Rousseau who wrote about the natural rights of man life liberty and property?

That's a common misconception! While Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a key figure in Enlightenment thought, it was actually John Locke who famously articulated the natural rights of "life, liberty, and property" in his *Two Treatises of Government*.

Rousseau's political philosophy focused on the concept of the "social contract," where individuals surrender some individual rights in exchange for the benefits of a collective society. He also emphasized the importance of popular sovereignty and the general will.

While both Rousseau and Locke contributed to the ideas of natural rights and social contract, the specific phrasing of "life, liberty, and property" is most closely associated with John Locke.