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    Guided Questions John Locke: Second Treatise of Civil Government John Locke had his Two Treatises of Government published in 1690, two years after the Glorious Revolution occurred, which replaced King James II with King William III. Locke wrote them in favor of the Glorious Revolution. Locke continuously refers to the laws of nature. He also mentions the state of nature quite often. The state of nature seems to be when man has the rights from the laws of nature. Natural law states that all people

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    Jean- Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher who had more idealistic thoughts than Voltaire. Which is probably why Voltaire despised the idea of the noble savages that Rousseau came up with. The noble savage was the idea that all humans are inherently good, for they have just been corrupted by the materialistic aspects of life like money. Voltaire responded to this in chapter six of Candide. The Oriellons are introduced as an uncivilized people, thus, through the lens’ of Rousseau they should have

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    the thinkers of the enlightenment, and would come to complicate the enlightenments view of Human Reason. John Locke’s Of Civil Government set up and conscribed many theory’s that would become values of the enlightened thinkers. While Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Johann Wolfgang Geothe would see reason as a factor of corruption in society, while Locke believed that the human need for education, self-improvement, and analytical thinking was a common extension of the state of nature. John Locke became one

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    countries. They put the wellbeing of their country above anything else. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau were all philosophers during the Enlightenment, and they had different but interesting ways of thinking about government, human nature, and rights. Rousseau’s views and ideas were the best and most intelligent of these three philosophers. Jean Jacques Rousseau had brilliant views on government, human nature, and rights of the people. He believed that people were born naturally

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    Rousseau believes we do not have a natural and effective way of governing, except for one within a family, specifically between a father and his son as he explains “The most ancient of all societies, and the only one that is natural, is the family: and even so the children remain attached to the father only so long as the need him for their preservation.” Since Rousseau claims that we don’t have another natural way of governing ourselves

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    than ever before. During The Enlightenment, education was gradually changed from an elitist privilege to the right of all people (Mortier 73). Jean Jacques Rousseau outlined the importance of education to the human spirit: “All that we lack at birth, all that we need to come to man’s estate, is the gift of education.” (Rousseau 3). Rousseau believed that knowledge was the sole natural power that humankind could control. Thus, he advocated for the implantation of public education into society and

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    survive, but to prosper among the many. Modern man becomes a slave to his society, whether as the wealthiest or the poorest. He lives for the opinion of others, and works to attain that which will never bring him joy but without which causes pain. Man, Rousseau argues, is a cruel and selfish individual, no longer rationally self-interested, but corrupted and trapped in modern society. Quote #1 “On the contrary, nothing is so gentle as man in his primitive state, when, placed by nature at an equal distance

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    aforementioned question is YES. One can highlight the fact that the fundamental problem for Rousseau is not nature or man but instead is social institutions. Rousseau's view is that society corrupts the pure individual (Le québécois Libre). Rousseau believes that societies are the roots of evil; he clarifies that by stating that the nature of man is a good one and it is being corrupted by the surroundings. Rousseau has come to the realization that due to these corrupted societies “To be sane in a world

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    The thinkers I have chosen to answer this essay question are J.J. Rousseau and I. Kant. Both thinkers agreed that the Enlightenment would change society as they knew it, that it would allow the human being to develop, both individually and socially. I will consider both thinker’s attitudes as regards to the Enlightenment and Modernity, the individual, and finally to the individual’s responsibility in helping humanity progress towards a peaceful international community. The Enlightenment is the social

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    Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. “Du Contrat Social ou Principes du droit politique”, France, 1762. With the changes humanity faced and as the overall population increased, the concept of communities and divisions of labour were introduced and one could say they “gave” rise to leisure time. Private property, how ever was the most significant concept that influenced his social contract theory the most. According to Rousseau, private property constituted greatly in

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