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Chapter Twenty Two: Jean Jacques Rousseau
Brief Biography of Jean Jacques Rousseau: Summary of Ideas, Portrait & Quotes
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Chapter
Twenty Two: Jean Jacques Rousseau
Jean Jacques Rousseau was a Franco-Swiss philosopher, writer,
political theorist, and self-taught composer of The Age of Enlightenment. Rousseau's
political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of communist
and socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. Rousseau saw a fundamental
divide between society and human nature. Rousseau contended that man was good
by nature, a "noble savage" when in the state of nature but is corrupted
by society.
Rousseau was most controversial in his own time for his views on religion.
His view that man is good by nature conflicts with the original sin dogma in
the Old Testament.
Rousseau was one of the first modern writers to seriously attack the institution
of private property, and therefore is often considered a forebearer of modern
socialism and communism. Rousseau also questioned the assumption that the will
of the majority is always correct. He argued that the goal of government should
be to secure freedom, equality, and justice for all within the state, regardless
of the will of the majority.
One of the primary principles of Rousseau's political philosophy is that politics
and morality should not be separated. When a state fails to act in a moral
fashion, it ceases to function in the proper manner and ceases to exert genuine
authority over the individual. The second important principle is freedom, which
the state is created to preserve. ... (see book for more)
Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains. (The Social
Contract, Jean Jacques Rousseau)
Plants are shaped by cultivation and men by education. … We
are born weak, we need strength; helpless we need aid; foolish we need reason.
All that
we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift
of education. … I will say little of the importance of a good education;
nor will I stop to prove that the current one is bad. Countless others have
done so before me, and I do not like to fill a book with things everybody knows.
(Emile, Jean Jacques Rousseau)
A lively and concise journey through the central
ideas of thirty famous philosophers. From ancient Indian, Greek and Chinese
Philosophy to modern Western Philosophy, this book explores the changing foundations
of human knowledge and their effect on how we think and live.
Includes full page portraits, brief biographies and selected quotes from some
of the greatest minds of human history on the universal subjects of Truth,
Reality, Nature, Cosmos, Wisdom, Morality, Mind, Education, Politics, Art,
Religion & God.
Written for the lay person, while remaining true to the original ideas, this
is an engaging account of the Metaphysical foundations of Philosophy that is
both illuminating and thought provoking. (Cover Photograph: Plato & Aristotle
- The School of Athens by Raphael)
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Philosophical Sketches: Chapter Headings & Content Summary
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