The writer and philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau, who with writings such as "The Social Contract," in which he defines the freedom of the people and the Republic as a form of government, influenced greatly the thinking of the French Revolution and is remembered today as one of the first great classical liberal thinkers. Born on June 28, 1712 in Geneva, Switzerland, Jean Jacques Rousseau started early on in his life working as an apprentice to an engraver before moving to Paris where after a few years of working as a music teacher and composer began his journey in literature and philosophy that became his true calling.
Hobbes defines it with a blunt phrase, "Man is a wolf for man". For him, in this state, man is a selfish, evil being and in continuous and fierce competition with his neighbor. Only subject to their particular interest and …show more content…
Man is urged to leave this state for his own preservation. In a radically contrary way we find Rousseau, for whom, and again with a well-known phrase, he asserts that "man is good by nature" as he describes in his theory of the good savage. It is society, progress, politics, etc. which corrupts man by making him hypocritical, false and evil. There is therefore, no urgency to get out of this ideal state, but simply the man has become based on the appearance of different historical facts, reason, culture, etc. Once out of this state, Rousseau knows that a return to the same as it was was impossible. Between the middle of both, more balanced according to my appreciation, is Locke. For this English thinker the state of
Hobbes defines it with a blunt phrase, "Man is a wolf for man". For him, in this state, man is a selfish, evil being and in continuous and fierce competition with his neighbor. Only subject to their particular interest and …show more content…
Man is urged to leave this state for his own preservation. In a radically contrary way we find Rousseau, for whom, and again with a well-known phrase, he asserts that "man is good by nature" as he describes in his theory of the good savage. It is society, progress, politics, etc. which corrupts man by making him hypocritical, false and evil. There is therefore, no urgency to get out of this ideal state, but simply the man has become based on the appearance of different historical facts, reason, culture, etc. Once out of this state, Rousseau knows that a return to the same as it was was impossible. Between the middle of both, more balanced according to my appreciation, is Locke. For this English thinker the state of