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    Hobbes‚ Locke‚ Montesquieu‚ and Rousseau on Government  Starting in the 1600s‚ European philosophers began debating the question of who  should govern a nation. As the absolute rule of kings weakened‚ Enlightenment  philosophers argued for different forms of democracy.      Thomas Hobbes: Man of the State  Locke: The Reluctant Democrat  Montesquieu: The Balanced Democrat  Rousseau: The Extreme Democrat      Thomas Hobbes: Man of the State  In 1649‚ a civil war broke out over who would rule England—Parliament or King Charles 

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    Contemporary Civilizations GENERAL WILL & MAJORITY RULE Jean-Jacques Rousseau on the Institute of Government Rousseau’s notion of General Will possesses a direct correlation to the idea of general welfare and the common interests of a people as a whole. In On The Social Contract he explains the philosophy being the idea of General Will by stating that "So long as several men together consider themselves to be a single body‚ they have but a single will‚ which is concerned with their common

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau the French Philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born June 28‚ 1712 in Geneva‚ Switzerland‚ to French Huguenot parents‚ Isaac Rousseau‚ a clock maker‚ and Suzanne Bernard‚ who died only a few days after his birth. Jean-Jacques Rousseau was one of the most important philosophers of the French enlightenment. During the 1700s the French philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau criticized what he saw as his era’s excessive reliance on reason and claimed that people should rely more

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    PSA 4: Rousseau Q1 Response: How does Rousseau’s conception of the origin of political society compare with that of Locke? Rousseau felt that for personal freedom to thrive‚ there must be a new society governed by a social contract. The separate rights and wills of individuals‚ collectively‚ form the general will. The general will of the population is governed by a social contract. Each individual is entitled to freedom and is equal to his peers under the social contract. It is the government’s

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    be a mother and a housewife. Many Enlightenment thinkers‚ such as Jean- Jacques Rousseau saw no reason for women’s roles to change. However‚ because the Age of Enlightenment was a time when individuals felt society could be improved through new methods to understanding life‚ there were some thinkers like Mary Wollstonecraft who challenged this old belief system. Similar to the majority of men in his time‚ Rousseau believed that women were made in order to please men. Furthermore‚ he postulated

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    The Social Contract was written by Jean- Jacques Rousseau in 1762. The Social Contract was written because Jean-Jacques Rousseau he thought he had a good idea for organizing government. He thought that all mankind should not focus on the needs of the individual but for the rights of the community. He believed in the general will which is the rights of the community are more important than your own. When it comes to sovereignty Jean-Jacques Rousseau thinks that it’s indivisible. He’s saying government

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    traditions of France and destroy their contemporary society. On the other hand‚ Jean-Jacque Rousseau believed that general will would always be correct and that it would unshackle humans from their chains‚ allowing them to become free. Burke and Rousseau had similar and contrasting views in terms of human nature‚ the origin of government‚ and the relationship between the government and the governed. Rousseau challenged the present state of society around him by questioning the obsession over material

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    role in politics and ruling during this time period. One of the bigger reforms of this time was that which would grant women a higher education and place them in a position closer to their male counterparts. The enlightenment authors‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau and Mary Wollstonecraft‚ took part in a debate in which they argued about the purpose and education of women. In an article recently written in The New York Times by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn‚ the impact of the Enlightenment authors’ work

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    individual who shared this opinion or notion‚ about government and society with me‚ and his name was Jean Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau once said‚ “No man has any natural authority over his fellow men”‚ and I could not agree more with him. Rousseau remains one of the most significant figures in political philosophy‚ because of his theories on social contracts‚ the state

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    Same-Gender Education Locke vs. Rousseau Kazsandra Génier 140892740 November 24‚ 2014 Word Count: 1711 Throughout history‚ philosophers have continued to contribute to the world of modernity. Theorists such as John Locke and Jean-Jacque Rousseau offer ideas that are both similar and contradicting. Locke argued the importance of equal education for men and women with a strict curriculum while Rousseau believed in a lenient curriculum focusing on

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