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    Machiavelli and Rousseau‚ both significant philosophers‚ had distinctive views on human nature and the relationship between the government and the governed. Their ideas were radical at the time and remain influential in government today. Their views on human nature and government had some common points and some ideas that differed. Machiavelli’s views were drastically different from other humanists at his time. He strongly promoted a secular society and felt morality was not necessary but stood

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    (Hobbes‚ Locke‚ Rousseau) The Social Contract is a theory that originated during the Enlightenment‚ which addresses the questions of the origin of society and the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual. Social contract arguments typically posit that individuals have consented‚ either explicitly or tacitly‚ to surrender some of their freedoms and submit to the authority of the ruler or the decision of a majority‚ in exchange for protection of their remaining rights. Its main proponents

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    “burdened by corruption and incompetence‚ the Church had failed in its obligations and had forfeited it rights to control the land” (Historical Background p. 34). The Church might have been one that majority of the French people attend‚ but the wealth and perceived abuses displays the people lack trust in the system. We need to come together and demonstrate Rousseau’s‚ Social Contract. Rousseau believes we need to stop making decisions based on our own needs and think about

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    When it comes to talk about theories of property the two authors of literacy John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are one of the most knowledgeable writers about this topic. John Locke was an English philosopher‚ and in western history he became one of the most important political thinkers. On his book The Second Treatise of Government and A Letter Concerning Toleration is where we know Locke knew about the understanding of property and theories in which he introduced to us‚ so we were able to form

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    Sartre and Rousseau define freedom differently. But both think‚ although; for different reasoning that humans have no choice‚ but to live in a state of freedom. Rousseau believes freedom means being able to be oneself‚ and to not be restrained or forced to conform. He thinks humans should be forced to be free; meaning they are only allowed to live in a state of freedom. Rousseau came to this conclusion based on his observations of the French Enlightenment; which he saw as a time where people lost

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    Assessments‚” and Jean-Jacques Rousseau‚ in The Social Contract‚ each try to determine this structure‚ and they both assume that stability is vital to an ideally functioning society. Nevertheless‚ when it comes to the government’s power‚ Madison and Rousseau have little in common. Madison believes that the government is bound by a “great Barrier” which defends the individual’s’ rights and that any government breaching this barrier becomes a tyrant. In stark contrast‚ Rousseau claims that when people join

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    disagreement. I would expect this when there are men and women speaking their views during enlightenment. Of course‚ the men see women as objects to look good for them while requiring no education or the ability to reason. In 1751‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau in A Critique of Progress‚ answers the question‚ “Has the reestablishment of arts and sciences contributed to purge or corrupt our manners”. (p 363) In response he found the answer to be no‚ as he saw these advances as corrupting man’s goodness

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    examples that shall be mentioned are the philosophers Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau. The philosophies of both of these men were known for bringing the earth out of the Dark ages and into the Enlightenment. Therefore‚ one might assume that these humanistic thinkers would place the highest amount of respect onto the human understanding of morality and goodness. Confusingly‚ they did and they did not. Voltaire and Rousseau

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    Burke and Rousseau: Inequality and Transformation During the Enlightenment‚ many western political and economic philosophers attempted to describe the transition of mankind towards modernity. Specifically‚ Edmund Burke (1729-1797) and Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) were both heavily influenced by the American Revolution (1775-1783) and French Revolution (1789-1799)‚ which compelled each to write about the existence of inequalities in society and transformations that aim to address these inequalities

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    "negative education" (Entwistle in Bayley‚ 89) describes many valid concepts which are still applied in today’s educational system. Although his philosophy is reasonable in terms of its ideas‚ his contradictions make it such that it would be difficult to apply realistically as pedagogy. Rousseau was a French philosopher of the eighteenth century‚ he argued that children should not be told what to learn‚ instead they should learn for themselves through experiences and his pedagogies of "negative education"

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