Rousseau
Jean- Jacque Rousseau’s is the author of The Social Contract which describes
the best way in which to set up a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society. Raymond Frey, the author of A Treatise Social Contract states, “It is one of the great classics of political philosophy” (Frey, Raymond). He describes how
Rousseau took offense to the thought of the Enlightenment and political obligation. The eighteenth century Europe, was the birthplace of the literary term. These thinkers supported the use of reason and science as the foundation for all belief and conduct for religion and philosophy. On the other hand, Rousseau “maintained that human understanding is not the sole domain of reason, but is, as he stated,“greatly indebted to passion” (Frey, Raymond).
Rousseau also firmly believed to understand society, you needed to turn to nature for the answer to political order. Within society, the people whom all lived together in a
“perpetual state of war” and needed to fend for themselves. His belief to overcome this and live in peace and harmony, was to “form a social contract in which the citizens establish a mutually agreed-upon form of social organization” (Frey, Raymond). During the period and the eve of the Enlightenment, is ideal was looked down upon and thought of as foolish. Rousseau viewed that “society breeds inequality and selfishness
because society involves the acquisition of power and private property” (Frey,
Raymond).
This story revolved around the concept that savage people existed before us and they all lived united together. Rousseau strongly advocated political organization that will defend and protect a person with the united force of society but will allow each person the greatest possible measure of individual freedom. A civil society needed to be fought for and our government needed “to retain the best “instincts” that people had in the state of nature while incorporating the added values, such as
the best way in which to set up a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society. Raymond Frey, the author of A Treatise Social Contract states, “It is one of the great classics of political philosophy” (Frey, Raymond). He describes how
Rousseau took offense to the thought of the Enlightenment and political obligation. The eighteenth century Europe, was the birthplace of the literary term. These thinkers supported the use of reason and science as the foundation for all belief and conduct for religion and philosophy. On the other hand, Rousseau “maintained that human understanding is not the sole domain of reason, but is, as he stated,“greatly indebted to passion” (Frey, Raymond).
Rousseau also firmly believed to understand society, you needed to turn to nature for the answer to political order. Within society, the people whom all lived together in a
“perpetual state of war” and needed to fend for themselves. His belief to overcome this and live in peace and harmony, was to “form a social contract in which the citizens establish a mutually agreed-upon form of social organization” (Frey, Raymond). During the period and the eve of the Enlightenment, is ideal was looked down upon and thought of as foolish. Rousseau viewed that “society breeds inequality and selfishness
because society involves the acquisition of power and private property” (Frey,
Raymond).
This story revolved around the concept that savage people existed before us and they all lived united together. Rousseau strongly advocated political organization that will defend and protect a person with the united force of society but will allow each person the greatest possible measure of individual freedom. A civil society needed to be fought for and our government needed “to retain the best “instincts” that people had in the state of nature while incorporating the added values, such as
Cited: Frey, Raymond. "The Social Contract." Masterplots, Fourth Edition (2010): 1-3. Literary Reference Center. Web. 29 Sept. 2013.