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    The Freedom of Man The Age of Enlightenment swept across Europe in the 18th century. This time period was also known as the Age of Reason. This time period represented a cultural shift of political power. Several philosophers‚ also known as intellectuals opposed the idea of rule of the people by authoritarian monarchies. They sought to reform society from this traditional rule to a way of using reason to govern the people. Two of these important intellectuals were John Locke and Jean-Jacques

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    good?Jean Jacque Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes both answer these questions differently. Rousseau claims that human nature were naturally good but eventually became enemies with each other‚ he also believes inequality first occurred when population grew. Hobbes claims that we were born evil in the first place. These two authors go into depth with their arguments‚ but I agree more with Rousseau. Rousseau declares that when the population grew‚ needs and wants were accompanied (Rousseau‚ paragraph 2).

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    Hobbes‚ Locke‚ and Rousseau each have their own theories as to what the state of nature is; however‚ essentially they are trying to describe the same state of nature. Assuming that there is only one state of nature being described in different ways‚ I will attempt to put together a theory of what the state of nature is actually like based on what Hobbes‚ Locke‚ and Rousseau each has to say about it. Moreover‚ understanding the state of nature is important for figuring out what role it played in the

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    Primitive/Civilized In the film “The Gods Must Be Crazy” by Jamie Uys‚ there is a contrast between the primitive and the civilized society. The civilized society has come a long way since its primitive days. Its hard to imagine that there are still people in this world that live without the advantages and developments of a civilized society. Those living in a civilized society would must likely believe that their society is better than that of a primitive society‚ but like wise a primitive

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    that I read Philosopher Thomas Hobbes believed that people must surrender their freedom to a ruler. In the article‚ french philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau states that people should come together in societies and the solution was to form a social contract with general will or the common good. In my opinion I agree with philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. I agree with him because he believed that humans are born with freedom‚ and this is true. I also agree with him because he stated that Government

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    Science Feb 18th /2013 Summary of Rousseau’s Book “On the Social Contract” book 1. “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.” Rousseau’s words that says much about the concept of the Social Contract and other main concepts in life. Here‚ he is trying to raise a question if the “governing authorities” whether support the freedom of people or are they the “chains” over people’s freedom. Rousseau refutes the claim that there is something called “natural political authority” or “political

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    people whom believe that land should be used as private property‚ Rousseau‚ Jefferson‚ and Smith‚ and others whom believe land should only have public use‚ Marx and Engels. Rousseau believes that land should be used for private property and that it is necessary within the social contract to demonstrate the status of citizenship. Rousseau’s The Origin of Civil Society describes how horrendous life would be if we were in a state of nature because of the brutish lifestyle that we would have to endure

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    During the Press Conference I agreed with Mary Wollstonecraft‚ John Locke‚ and Jean Jacques Rousseau who believe in democracy. These enlightenment thinkers suggests that democracy is the best form of government because it gives different freedoms‚ a voice for all and a separation of powers. This is an accurate claim. Firstly‚ Mary Wollstonecraft points out that democracy gives rights and freedoms for all. I agree with this because freedoms and rights shouldn’t be taken away by a hierarchy. For example

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    Essay Nature‚ in its core function‚ is the cause and effect relationship offered to things with "ascertainable objectivity"‚ happening without cause. From this we can easily conclude that the state of the nature of something that something being an object with “thing-hood”‚ as humorously described in class is its beginning purpose and generality. There are a few debatable definitions of nature‚ which at first glance are very similar. On hand‚ we have nature that is described as

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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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