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    and body for many centuries before psychology came in to favor. One of the key philosophers crucial in the development of psychology in to a formal discipline was Descartes. Their writings influenced more modern Western philosophers such as John Locke and John Mill. From this point‚ psychology grew into the science it is now recognized as. The Philosophers The 17th century is the cornerstone of philosophy evolving into psychology. René Descartes (1596-1650) is often considered to be the inspiration

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    Locke continues with a notion that the “mixing of one’s labour” via cultivating‚ tilling‚ tending or improving conditions of something once in a natural state developing property of the men in common to private property of a person. “Every man has a property in his own person and nobody has any right to but himself” (27)11). Our right to self governance and control over our labor emphasizing mastery of one’s plans and endeavors it follows that property is needed not for merely survival in particular

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    Rousseau and Marx both address a notion of "chains" in society in their writings and have defined this notion to be very different sets of constraints. Rousseau concluded that the "chains" that restrict society is one in the form of laws. Marx‚ on the other hand‚ sees the "chains" to be that of a class struggle. This leaves us with many questions‚ ranging from the legitimacy of the chains on society and if society could exist without them. Taking both writers views of "chains" into view one can

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    "Separation of Powers" Separation of powers is the act of separating of responsibilities of the three branches of the government. The idea of this separation is not a new one either. John Locke originally talked about it. He stated that the legislative power should be divided between the King and Parliament in England. Another man also spoke about this separation‚ the French writer Montesquieu‚ who wrote about it in 1748 in his book De l’esprit des lois. His point was that liberty is most effective

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    and practices. His epistemology is directly relevant to this issue: since we cannot know perfectly the truth about all differences of religious opinion‚ Locke held‚ there can be no justification for imposing our own beliefs on others. Thus‚ although he shared his generation’s prejudice against "enthusiastic" expressions of religious fervor‚ Locke officially defended a broad toleration of divergent

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    He describes how Rousseau took offense to the thought of the Enlightenment and political obligation. The eighteenth century Europe‚ was the birthplace of the literary term. These thinkers supported the use of reason and science as the foundation for all belief and conduct for religion and philosophy. On the other hand‚ Rousseau “maintained that human understanding is not the sole domain of reason‚ but is‚ as he stated‚“greatly indebted to passion” (Frey‚ Raymond). Rousseau also firmly believed

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    The two passages dealt with religious tolerance‚ each from a different perspective. The first passage‚ John Locke’s "A Letter Concerning Toleration" from 1689‚ was written from the viewpoint of a man under a king’s rule in England. The second passage‚ "The Blind Men and the Elephant‚" is a Buddhist parable. Locke’s reasoning for religious tolerance is all over the place. He first explains that no man has any right to enforce his beliefs on another man‚ stating that faith comes from within one’s

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    the qualities in that specific object. For example‚ having the idea of a flower‚ all the parts of the flower remain the same‚ but the secondary qualities of that flower or the ideas in me would be the color of it‚ yellow‚ red‚ etc. and the texture. Locke discusses how primary qualities produce ideas in us because of impulse‚ by this he means there needs to be some signal sent to our brain for us to have ideas about them. His views on secondary qualities are the qualities that have the ability to give

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    Rousseau vs. self-interest and progress In The Social Contract‚ Rousseau asserts the idea of the people’s General Will being the ideal governing force of the state. This idea is essentially the total alienation of each individual to the entire community‚ thus constructing the Sovereign. The collective body rules in the common interest‚ acting without individual bias or selfish concerns‚ to decide the laws that the Sovereign itself is to follow. However rightly intended‚ this concept is flawed

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    Imagine that American public officials were meeting today to write a framework for governing a nation. What would be the influence of Hobbes and Locke today? Would the social contract be applied the same as in the 18th century‚ or would today’s leaders look at the writings of Hobbes and Locke differently? compare and discuss the philosophers Hobbes and Locke in a 500 word essay which is both attached to and copied into the assignment tool window Hobbes Thomas Hobbes was born in Wiltshire‚ England

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