Even though Rousseau’s ideas differ there are also some similarities. Rousseau, like Locke, believed that men are born free. Both Locke and Rousseau agreed that men had certain natural rights that they should not give up to any leader. Rousseau believed men in a state of nature are free and equal, but in a state of nature men were very different; Rousseau described men in a state of nature as “noble savages.” The only way to notice the many differences in Rousseau’s thinking in comparison to Locke and Montesquieu is by first looking at his
Even though Rousseau’s ideas differ there are also some similarities. Rousseau, like Locke, believed that men are born free. Both Locke and Rousseau agreed that men had certain natural rights that they should not give up to any leader. Rousseau believed men in a state of nature are free and equal, but in a state of nature men were very different; Rousseau described men in a state of nature as “noble savages.” The only way to notice the many differences in Rousseau’s thinking in comparison to Locke and Montesquieu is by first looking at his