was raised by two aunts. In 1769‚ he won for himself a scholarship to Louis-le-Grand. There he excelled as a student‚ especially in the area of classical languages. But his real calling was political philosophy. He read the essays of Jean-Jacques Rousseau and other philosophes. Throughout his life‚ much of Robespierre’s political thinking can be brought back to Rousseau’s ideology. From early in his life‚ Robespierre apposed violence. While he worked as a judge in rural France‚ Robespierre was
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course of their lives (Rousseau and Cole 2 ). Rousseau argues that modern political states repress the basic freedoms which men possess as their birthright. These political states then lead men into the civil society in which the civil freedoms of men are not secure. Most importantly‚ Rousseau points out that the legitimacy of political authority can only be a product of social that all citizens agree upon motivated by the need for mutual preservation. Throughout the book‚ Rousseau makes key distinctions
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The phrase‚ ’Man is born free‚ and everywhere he is in chains’ was written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau wrote the famed words in his most important published work‚ ’A Social Contract.’ This work is one of the most important in Western political philosophy. Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ in his dramatic opening lines to his immensely powerful treatise "The Social Contract‚" wrote that man was naturally good but becomes corrupted by the pernicious influence of human society and institutions. He preached
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The Right of Liberty‚ According to Rousseau by Efrain Cabral Jr. “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains… If I took into account only force‚ and the effects derived from it‚ I should say: ‘As long as a people is compelled to obey‚ and obeys‚ it does well; as soon as it can shake off the yoke‚ and shakes it off‚ it does still better; for‚ regaining its liberty by the same right as took it away‚ either it is justified in resuming it or there was no justification for those who took it away
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Alienation‚ as defined by the Webster’s Dictionary‚ "is the act of estrangement or withdrawing affections" - www.dictionary.com. There are many factors that lead to the alienation of humans and alienation can take many forms‚ within a family or within society. When a person is considered ’different’‚ they are pushed out of society and because of this become withdrawn and eventually find themselves even more abnormal. In the short story‚ "Paul’s Case" by Willa Cather‚ the main character Paul struggles
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unquestionable. Rousseau believed that man’s strongest motivation is compassion. Compassion is what makes humans continue to exist because compassion allows us to see the damage we as people can cause and understand the motives of others. Rousseau also believed that man‚ in his first state of nature‚ is neither good nor evil‚ he is neutral. At this state‚ man’s main concern is survival‚ but this is not an evil thing. The term that developed out of this notion was “noble savage”. Rousseau also believed
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When comparing Rousseau to Hobbes and Locke‚ the differences in their ideologies are prominent‚ however‚ they are still similar in some ways. In the State of Nature according to Rousseau‚ “man’s natural sentiment was that of his existence‚ his first care that of his preservation” (Discourse‚ Part II). This man is known as the “nascent man” and is often contrasted with the “savage man”‚ who exists in civilized society. In this State of Nature‚ man’s primary concern is to look after himself‚ similar
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Confessions has the entire life of its author’s experiences‚ virtues‚ and detailed imperfections. Rousseau’s Confessions is one of the first notable autobiographies and has influenced many forms. Rousseau wrote this autobiography in order to tell the world about himself and express the nature of man. Rousseau begins Confessions with by stating‚ “this is the only portrait of a man‚ painted exactly according to nature and in all of its truth‚ that exists and will probably ever exist”(57). He included
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government. These concepts reflected the optimism of the Enlightenment period. J.J. Rousseau was an optimistic Enlightenment thinker. He believed that people were born naturally good but that the cruel society corrupted him. His optimistic beliefs are showed in The Social Contract‚ in which he expressed his belief of general will. He argued that the individual replaced the monarch as the true source of power. Rousseau also argued that the general will was not that of the majority but it was the will
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liberal commitment. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (28 Jun 1712 – 2 July 1778) a Genevan political thinker and philosopher‚ his teachings has made a great impact on both the French and American revolutions‚ his On The Social Contract considered as a cornerstone in the contemporary political and social science‚ he was a philosopher and great contributor to music‚ his Novel Emile On Education is a great source of education for the whole person on citizenship. Rousseau was not immune from criticism‚ Voltaire
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