Essays Tagged: "Jean-Jacques Rousseau"

Direct democracy -vs- representitive democracy. Contains the ideas of Rousseau

democracy to function, Representative Democracy is the superior form of political rule.Jean Jacques Rousseau is considered by many to be the `Grandfather' of direct the democracy theory. Rousseau's id ... mination of the common good. It is not even thinkable that all citizens will agree on what good is. Rousseau recognized this and accepted a term of majority rule. Those who voted against a policy whic ...

(4 pages) 185 1 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

The Significance of Reason, discussed in John Locke's "The Second Treatise of Civil Government", and in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's, "Emile"

icance of reason is discussed both in John Locke's, The Second Treatise of Civil Government, and in Jean-Jacques Rousseau's, Emile. However, the definitions that both authors give to the word "reason" ... abstract reasoning as soon as possible so they can leave the state of nature and enter into society.Jean-Jacques Rousseau, on the other hand, believed that the "self" was more important than society. ...

(5 pages) 165 0 3.3 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Inferring Freedom and Equality. Speaks of Jean Jacques Rousseau

of Earth's organisms and processes depend on each other to survive the natural world. Jean Jacques Rousseau employed this aspect of natural dependency to connect the ideas of freedom and equality tog ... es, into the making of legitimate society. The American government still displays many factors from Rousseau's model of a legitimate society after two hundred years of evolving into the late 20th cent ...

(4 pages) 144 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Rousseau on slavery,

Jean Jacques Rousseau led a turbulent life. His mother died at his birth and his father deserted him shortly ther ... est works. This essay describes the relationship of man with society. Contrary to his earlier work, Rousseau claimed that the state of nature is "brutish condition without law or morality, and that th ... is the `compact' agreed to among men that sets the conditions for membership in this society (phil/rousseau.html).Rousseau, considered a frontrunner of modern socialism, was one of the first modern w ...

(15 pages) 193 3 3.8 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Social contract in the view of Rousseau and Locke

. A Contractual Agreement"Man is born free, yet everywhere he is in chains" are the words by which Jean-Jacques Rousseau begins The Social Contract and his inquiry as to the most "legitimate" form of ...

(6 pages) 342 0 3.7 May/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Jean-Jaques Rousseu, Wes Civ 190. Includes link to sources for The Social Contract, Discourse on the Origin of Social Inequality, and Faith of a Savoyard Priest!

The class discussion on Jean-Jacques Rousseau seems to have been far more active than the discussion on Hobbes. Personally, ... ly came to a consensus about the point of these articles, a few main points do seem to exist.First, Jean-Jacques Rousseau seemed to have his mind set for his preferred government. He suggests that con ...

(2 pages) 57 0 5.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Life and Philosophies of Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an influential French philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment. Rousseau wa ... nment. 2000. 4 May 2002.Froebel Web. 2000. 4 May 2002.Glossary of People. 2001. 3 May 2002Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, and Translation by G. D. H. Cole. Alliance for Lifelong Learning-A Dissertation on the ...

(3 pages) 167 0 5.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

With reference to The Social Contract and one painting by David, discuss the way Rousseau and David explore the notion of duty to the state.

With reference to The Social Contract and one painting by David, discuss the way in which Rousseau and David explore the notion of duty to the state.In the 1700s, when France felt the oppres ... of duty to the state.In the 1700s, when France felt the oppression of the privileged, Jean Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract and Jacques-Louis David's The Oath of Horatii fed their reasons, touc ...

(6 pages) 160 1 3.2 Jan/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

Is Society Inherently Unequal? Essay comparing and contrasting views of social structure by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Barbara Ehrenriech, and David Brooks

inequalities or differences all have been a part of society since the development of civilizations. Jean-Jacques Rousseau, an unconventional 18th century philiospher and the author of The Discourse on ... diversity, and differences in political views all of its members still belong to one single society.Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one of the great philosophers of the Enlightenment, was born in Geneva in 171 ...

(5 pages) 144 0 4.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Social Contract in Rousseau and Locke

(This essay explores, through the eyes of John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the foundation of government and their subsequent construction and order.)In ... Government, pg 7, Chapter 2Locke John, The Second Treatise of Government, pg 30, Chapter 5Rousseau Jean-Jacques, Rousseau's Political Writings, On Social Contract, pg 86, Book I, Chapter 2Locke John, ... ct, pg 86, Book I, Chapter 2Locke John, The Second Treatise of Government, pg 54, Chapter 8Rousseau Jean-Jacques, Rousseau's Political Writings, On Social Contract, pg 95-96, Book I, Chapter 8Rousseau ...

(7 pages) 266 0 4.8 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Comparison of Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes, and the Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Mankind, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

ead all over the world influencing the creation of many new governments (Arbury). Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were seventeenth and eighteenth century philosophers with similar, yet contras ... , by Thomas Hobbes, and the Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Mankind, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.In Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes presents the reader with an overall pessimistic vi ...

(5 pages) 179 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

Jean Jacques Rousseau.

Jean Jacques Rousseau was born in Geneva on June 18, 1712. He was raised by his father and then later by his aunt ... her and then later by his aunt and uncle. This all happened not long after the death of his mother. Rousseau spent most of his life in France. He was a social and political philosopher that put togeth ... his writings. His main focus in many of his writings was the social inequalities within a society. Rousseau was thought of to be a leader of modern socialism and was one of the first modern writers t ...

(9 pages) 166 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were witness to several intellectual revolutions in Europe.

sketch, with some pretence to truth, the future destiny of man"(174).Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were three thinkers of this revolutionary period who dealt extensively with th ...

(6 pages) 76 0 5.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The importance of the social contract as a necessary tool for any functional government.

d members of the body, to combine all the advantages which mutual aid offers them...." Jean Jacques Rousseau said in "The Social Contract" that any attack against a person who is considered a member o ...

(3 pages) 121 1 4.8 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Why did Rousseau believe that modern society was corrupt and unfree?

One of the most important writers of the Enlightenment was the philosopher and novelist Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). The work of Rousseau has influenced a generation and beyond and i ...

(8 pages) 211 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

A literature review concerning Rousseau's Emile. Including Some factual info.

Literature ReviewJean-Jacques Rousseau, born in Calvinist Geneva to Bourgeois parents in 1712, captured the imaginati ...

(8 pages) 107 0 4.1 Jan/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Rousseau's Infallible General Will

Why, according to Rousseau, is the general will always upright and tending to the public advantage?The central politic ... l always upright and tending to the public advantage?The central political concept in Jean--Jacques Rousseau's writings was his 'general will' theory; it dominates his work 'The Social Contract'. The ... will express the general will through policies that pursue this common good. In The Social Contract Rousseau wrote 'The general will is upright and always tends to the public advantage; but it does no ...

(6 pages) 161 1 4.1 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Age of Enlightenment Rousseau and Montesquieu

eir political systems. Two theorists who were especially essential to the Age of Enlightenment were Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Montesquieu who was originally known as Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron d ... lly known as Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de. The more influential of these two, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosophized and wrote on nearly everything from the corruption of humanity ...

(3 pages) 119 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

In what ways and to what extent is an understanding of historical context important in approaching the works of David Rousseau and Jaques Louis David?

and to what extent isan understanding of historical contextimportant in approaching the works of(a)Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and(b)Jacques-Louis David.In this essay I will attempt to illustrate how an a ...

(5 pages) 146 0 4.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Prometheus Justified: Blade Runner, Frankenstein and the Proper Usage of Violence

In light of such works as The Bible's Book of Genesis, Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan, and Jean Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, it becomes quite clear that these anomalies were ... actions of the creations.        Justification is harder to come by in the eyes of Rousseau but nevertheless he finds legitimate reasons for the violence of these creations as well. ...

(4 pages) 47 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis