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    with the help of many philosophers. Hobbes‚ Locke‚ Montesquieu and Rousseau were four of the most important founders of the ideals of democracy. Through the Enlightenment Period‚ these thinkers began creating new ideas that would forever change the way governments are run through time. Our own American government reflects the ideas in some way or another of each of the philosophers we studied. Through new ideas‚ Hobbes‚ Locke‚ Rousseau and Montesquieu all changed the way government was run with the

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    Document Analysis One: Rousseau Confessions In Confessions by Jean-Jacques RousseauRousseau seeks to explain who he is by trying to paint layer by layer‚ a portrait of himself‚ without missing any details and having his end product being interpreted by his readers. Rousseau was born into a lower class family‚ part of the commons‚ in a childhood mixed with medieval and modern values and lifestyles. Rousseau was a product of a mother and father who married out of love‚ being born into a nuclear

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    was written by men whom lived during the late 18th century. Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ composer of the famous “Emile”‚ is recognized to be the most well-known and significant influences that triggered Wollstonecraft to respond by constructing her periodical of justice. Mary’s creation of “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” was nearly direct criticism towards the beliefs of Rousseau‚ and she argues firm illustrating her will for freedom‚ equality and no limitations. The great

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    (Fink‚ 9). Five of the founding fathers got together and penned this important document. As they penned this document‚ they were inspired by a number of European philosophers and writers. One of these philosophers was Jean-Jacques Rousseau. “Jean-Jacques Rousseau played a significant role in three different revolutions: in politics‚ his work inspired and shaped revolutionary sentiment in the American colonies and France; in philosophy‚ he proposed radically unsettling ideas about human nature

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    The Enslavement of Modern Man A recurring idea throughout history when dealing with philosophy is the enslavement of modern man. Many philosophers such as Marx and Rousseau believe that the modern man is enslaved‚ despite ideas that we are all free people‚ and that we accept the fact that we are enslaved. In order to properly take this thought head on‚ we must concentrate on property and the division of labor. Without property‚ there would be no division of labor‚ thus the modern man would not

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    discourse on ’The Origins of Inequality’‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau argues his conception of the natural state of mankind‚ and its subsequent corruption throughout the progress towards civil society. Whilst Rousseau’s idealism can be targeted as unrealistic‚ and his criticisms of the state potentially destabilising to certain societies‚ ultimately he makes a valid philosophical argument against tyranny which helps found republican political values. Rousseau depicts man in his natural state as innocent and

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    monarchies; they are arbitary and represent interest of one - governement must always be for the people 1. government must be desgined to protect the people from the gov 2. natural rights must be secured Rousseau: - mans main drive is self preservation‚ but thinks that hobbes and locke overestimated the likelihood of the state of war - men are inherintely good State of Nature: - gives life to general will‚ so all can live well

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    explicit) this consent can be removed. Even for Hobbes‚ the consent of the governed was an active choice made by the original participants that could potentially be removed under certain circumstances. And although it is most explicitly stated by Rousseau (Social Contract‚ Book 1 Chapter 5)‚ we also find common to these three thinkers that the state requires unanimous consent of all to originally obtain legitimacy. But for Kant‚ so many of these crucial aspects of consent seem to be deliberately

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    Switzerland to Isaac Rousseau and Suzanne Bernard‚ Jean-Jacques Rousseau would advance intellectually‚ with great rapidity‚ to ultimately become one of the greatest philosophers of the time. His ideas regarding human nature and the corruption of mankind‚ stem from unforgettable childhood trauma and curiosity. Soon after the birth of Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ his mother Suzanne Bernard passed away‚ leaving his father to care for Rousseau and his brother. Such tragic loss followed Rousseau throughout his early

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    Thomas Torres Professer Underwood RWS 101 October 28th 2013 The Ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau through the lens of Thomas Jefferson. In Jean-Jacques Rousseau ’s “the Origin of Civil Society‚ Rousseau presents Ideas that‚ in his society‚ were considered very radical. He points out that a Society was in a natural state and that when we were that we were born free‚ and when we subject ourselves to a king‚ he must hold up certain rights and protect them‚ and in return they give him power‚ what

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