It emphasized independence of the self and also what is natural to man. An epitome of the ideology of Enlightenment can be seen from John Locke’s Two Treatise on Civil Government. This writing includes the statement that, “the natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule.” This type of thinking not only drastically changes political understanding, but also changes how the individual is viewed. Expanding to include even women, Jean-Jacque Rousseau wrote extensively about what he considered was appropriate for women. Women were incapable of being reliant on themselves and instead needed a husband for that support. Rousseau would not say that a woman is lower than man, but instead is better at domestic activities instead of in a public and political sphere. To him, a woman’s responsibility was to shape a man to be moral and
It emphasized independence of the self and also what is natural to man. An epitome of the ideology of Enlightenment can be seen from John Locke’s Two Treatise on Civil Government. This writing includes the statement that, “the natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but to have only the law of nature for his rule.” This type of thinking not only drastically changes political understanding, but also changes how the individual is viewed. Expanding to include even women, Jean-Jacque Rousseau wrote extensively about what he considered was appropriate for women. Women were incapable of being reliant on themselves and instead needed a husband for that support. Rousseau would not say that a woman is lower than man, but instead is better at domestic activities instead of in a public and political sphere. To him, a woman’s responsibility was to shape a man to be moral and