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Rousseau's 'Emile'
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This 5 page report the book 'Emile' by 18th century philosopher and writer Jean Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau's principle that man is 'naturally good' is expounded on in 'Emile.' No additional sources cited.
Filename: Emile2.wps
Rousseau's 'The Social Contract'
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A 5 page paper which examines Rousseau's famous assertion, 'Man is born free yet everywhere he's in chains,' and evaluate how this claim is legitimized in the treatise, The Social Contract. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RousSC.wps
Sexual Equality And Rousseau
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The writings of Rousseau form a
significant component of the political philosophies that have guided the
establishment and form of government in the United States. This 5 page
paper argues that Rousseau's discourse on inequality can be seen to
present the argument that civil society, as opposed to the natural state
of man, must acknowledge the equality of the sexes inasmuch as the rules
that once governed man in his natural state are no longer applicable.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KTsexros.wps
“The Social Contract” of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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This 12 page
report discusses Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) and his
writing “The Social Contract” (1762). Rousseau was an undeniably
keen thinker and was equipped with the weapons of the
philosophical century and with an inspiring eloquence. To that
eloquence he added a pronounced egotism, self-seeking, and an
arrogance that led to bitter antagonism against his revolutionary
views and sensitive personality. The central concept in
Rousseau’s thought is “liberty,” and, as a result, most of his
works deal with the mechanisms through which humans are forced to
give up their liberty. Most modern political and social
scientists believe that it was in the publication of The Social
Contract that Rousseau reached the pinnacle of his political and
philosophical development. Pretensions of rugged individualism
and distrust of all civil authority of his early writings gave
way to the construction of a positive political society.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: BWjjrcon.wps
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