i) What is the state of nature and what is a social contract? Where the Spelunceans really in a state of nature? Rousseau It should also be noted that the third great contributor to ’social contract theory’ was Jean Jacques Rousseau. Although a champion of democracy‚ Rousseau wrote against the idea of rule by popular assembly. Rousseau wrote The Social Contract in 1762. He saw the Social Contract as the solution to the problem of how man may obey his ruler but still
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Shakespeare’ As You Like It: Effective Use of Sound In Jacques’ Speech As infamous as Shakespeare is‚ and as well known as his works are‚ some prose are just simply more extraordinary than the rest. There are many ways to look at Jacques speech‚ such as use of language or imagery yet‚ something we often do not reflect on is the sound of the prose. When reading this particular speech‚ the subject is directly related to the sounds Shakespeare has chosen. We are guided gracefully through the stages
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THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THEORY The idea of the social contract goes back‚ to Thomas Hobbes; John Locke‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ and Immanuel Kant developed it in different ways. After Kant the idea largely fell into disrepute until John Rawls resurrected it. It is now at the heart of the work of a number of moral and political philosophers. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contract the social contract theorists and their views on the origin of state. THOMAS HOBBES: (1588-1679) Background:
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Natural Has to be Investigated Not in Beings That Are Depraved‚ But in Those That Are Good According to Nature" T he obstacle of figuring out the nature and instinctual behavior of humans has been toppled by many philosophical writers. Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Niccolo Machiavelli‚ in the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality and The Prince‚ subsequently‚ talks about this subject. In the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality‚ Rousseau talks about the natural human state and is transition to
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The Romantic Era vs. The Enlightenment: The Ultimate Antithesis When we think back to the romantic era and the enlightenment‚ we create images of old philosophers and writers in the glow of a lamp trekking the way to the beliefs we rely on now by the edge of their pen. The noted people who started the ideals of America such as Locke‚ Voltaire‚ and Rousseau promoted equality for men‚ the free market‚ and that fact that we are created by our experiences. Perhaps we imagine those who blew our minds
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Origins of a Memoir/ Autobiography I’ve read a lot of memoirs‚ autobiographies‚ personal essays‚ collected letters‚ and autobiographical novels in my life‚ but this is the first time I’ve studied the memoir/ autobiographical form as a genre. An interesting fact I learned right away was that the word “memoir” comes down to us from the Latin “memoria‚” meaning memory or reminiscence‚ through the Anglo-French memorie in the mid-1500s‚ meaning “a note‚ memorandum‚ something written to be kept in
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Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Concept of People 1 Patrice Canivez The final‚ definitive version of this paper has been published in Philosophy and Social Criticism‚ June 2004; vol. 30‚ 4: pp. 393-412‚ by SAGE Publications Ltd. All rights reserved. http://psc.sagepub.com/ Abstract Rousseau’s political theory apparently leads us to choose between patriotism and cosmopolitism. The two major works published in 1762‚ On the Social Contract and Emile‚ would represent the two sides of the alternative
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Philosophers often attempt to design a societal system that reflects their view of "what is good." However‚ before this can be established‚ it is crucial for them to set out‚ in their opinion‚ their respective present view of society. In this case‚ what is commonly held as "good" is freedom. Rousseau ’s explanation of social contracts affirms his belief in a common will that derives from his concept that if all individuals freely enter into a social contract based on the general will‚ this establishes
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The Start of Our Nation “Life‚ Liberty‚ and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Located in our United States Declaration of Independence‚ these are the words that were written by Thomas Jefferson. He is indeed the author of our declaration to gain independence against Great Britain. But what if these words did not come straight from Jefferson? Looking at the big picture‚ what if our whole constitution and government is based on ideas that were discovered‚ preached‚ and outlawed around that time? The
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DBQ When looking upon any thinkers in recorded history‚ we must analyze the influences‚ assuming there are some‚ that provide a foundation or stemmed the creation of the thinkers line of thought or view on a subject. For instance‚ the philosophes of the Enlightenment are often assumed to have formulated their ideas single-handedly but if we were to analyze their thoughts we would see all of them stem from other ideas‚ or directly oppose thinker’s views from the Scientific Revolution‚ such as the
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