Similarities Between Locke And Rousseau

When it comes to talk about theories of property the two authors of literacy John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are one of the most knowledgeable writers about this topic. John Locke was an English philosopher, and in western history he became one of the most important political thinkers. On his book The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration is where we know Locke knew about the understanding of property and theories in which he introduced to us, so we were able to form a better government in the United States. Many political thinkers such as Thomas Edison used Locke’s ideas to established a successful structure of government to cause less problem in our society. John on this book introduced property theories such as the property of God, self-ownership, and labor.
Rousseau did not have a pleasant childhood since his father abandoned him, and his mother died after few days he was born. As we know he introduced to us on his book Discourse On The Origin Of Inequality theories of property in which he stated that property is the origin of civil society, the result of cooperation and that property rights were created by the wealthy people to protect their own properties. As we read both of the books we can realized that when they wrote about the theories of property they wrote it from different perspective, but as readers we can contrast and compare their theories. In this paper it will be argued that Locke’s property of God and Rousseau’s that the origin of civil society theories are the most superior or more moral all theories on their