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    Political Philosophy 349 | Exam 1 | A comparison of the true Philosopher kings | | Joseph Roszhart | California State University at Northridge | 11/10/2012 | So many way and myriad of themes to compare Plato’s Republic and Hobbes Leviathan; one of the most striking points to be made is that the share philosophical similarities once you get passed their differences. Most of us can agree that they share the same thought of that a government is essential and that humans can

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau influenced many people in the eighteenth century‚ including Robespierre and Maria Montessori. With his strong say in social inequality and dysfunctional democracy‚ he not only managed to impact the life of leaders and other famous philosophes during the French Revolution‚ but also help shape the world we live in today. Rousseau believed in a Direct Democracy‚ meaning that everyone has the right to an individual vote. In other words‚ he strongly influenced the development

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    The Mission by Roland Joffé is a historical drama focused on the power of ones faith and defying the odds of humanity; these ideas coincide that of the philosopher Rousseau. The main characters consist of a mercenary and a missionary who unite to protect a South American tribe and anchor the film’s main conflict between Spanish Jesuit priests and Portuguese colonialists during the 18th century. Although the film reflected Luther’s and Machiavelli’s ideas as well‚ Rousseau’s beliefs are the most clearly

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    reasonable power should be made available to the state‚ and a reasonable liberty should be made available to citizens. A state and its citizens are not opposed to each other; they are made to live together. Philosophers such as Hobbes‚ Locke‚ and Rousseau gave free reign to their passion: the analysis of the human nature. They analyzed human social organization and nature of man/woman in society by comparing two major notions: the state of nature and civil society. The state of nature is a term used

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    this dual attack of French revolution was to be found in two main minds; Voltaire and Rousseau. Voltaire ’s persistent attack on the Catholic institution of France along with his witticism against religion was proving too much for the Church to handle. To add to that Rousseau’s magnetic attack on anything from philosophers to modern culture left no room for hiding for the French monarchs and the state. Rousseau differed from the other philosophers in terms of his inclination towards feeling as towards

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    “Man is born free ‚but everywhere he is in chains.”-Jean-Jacques Rousseau. A majority of us interpret this quote in a way that the society is believed as “inadequate.” Despite this relation to modern society we need to go in more depth to uncover that society is not the problem ‚but the consequences within are. In addition to this philosopher of enlightenment has developed a variety of miraculous works such as the series of the 3 discourses‚ Emile(education based)‚ and Julie. Not only have his

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    This conflict‚ Rousseau believed‚ is part of a social contract of sorts created by the bourgeoisie in which the rich and powerful deceived the proletariat‚ or working class‚ by making them believe that their views and priorities were the same. This is very similar to Marx’s

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    Jacques Rousseau both have similar views on man’s nature‚ authority and freedom. Those views are that all men are essentially equal and that each individual has the right to life‚ liberty‚ and property. They believe that these rights are given by God‚ and thus natural. They also believe that reason is a God-given and religious liberty‚ and right to freedom of speech. The differences are that Locke believed that when people gave up their rights they gave up there freedom to be safe. Rousseau believed

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    In Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau critiques Hobbes’ natural man in Leviathan. Rousseau states that Hobbes does not go far back enough to fully talk about a man in the state of nature. Rousseau disagrees with Hobbes’ definition of a natural man‚ saying Hobbes took a man‚ who has already been shaped by society and put him into a state of nature‚ and Hobbes fails to understand the effect of pity and that government only increases the problems of man. Suzanne Collin’s Hunger

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    adversely affected by long periods of immobility. Studies show a progressive development of glucose intolerance that correlates directly to the length of time that patients remain in bed (Rousseau‚ 1993). The number of insulin receptors expressed in skeletal muscles increases in proportion to physical activity (Rousseau‚ 1993). When a person leads an active lifestyle and exercising regularly‚ expression of insulin receptors remains high. When active people eat a meal rich in carbohydrates‚ their blood

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