Jacques-Yves Cousteau

“speech”, and “living” are bound to come up. Many philosophers have taken it upon themselves to define what it means to be a human being, and although similar in ways, their thoughts differ in many ways as well. Thinkers such as St. Augustine, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Immanuel Kant, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Paul Sartre, and Thomas Hobbes illuminated the understanding of a human being and provided us with a clear description of the good life. Two thinkers who had opposing theories on the…

and were therefore “not to be under the will or legislative authority of man.” Finally, Marx believed in communism, in which belongings are public. All of the philosophies had their own relation to the social contract, which was introduced by Jean Jacques Rousseau. To begin, Thomas Hobbes was a pessimist towards human nature, strongly believing that humans were born greedy and hostile. To support his perceptions, Hobbes wrote Leviathan,…

about how a nation should be governed. Many of these philosophers began moving towards a democracy, rather than the absolute monarchy they were under. Two of the most influential Enlightenment thinkers were John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Although John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau lived at different times during the Enlightenment period, Locke from 1632 to 1704 and Rousseau from 1712 to 1778, their thoughts on society and its political form are comparable. Both Locke and Rousseau…

salvation. As the seventeenth century matured, man’s ideas and theories began to mature and change. Certain men, “philosophes,” began to confront the medieval man’s way of thinking. Instead of relying on societal tradition, philosophes such as Jean-Jacques Rosseau, Denis Diderot, and Immanuel Kant challenged their contemporaries to use reason in their individual lives and religion to go beyond what had normally been accepted as fact. This Age of Enlightenment lasted throughout the…

3. - On The Spirit of Laws The Spirit of the Laws was published in 1748 by Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu, a French nobleman, judge, and influential political figure. His political theories presented in On The Spirit of Laws basically touch upon the role of government within the nation’s political structure. According to him, there are three powers in government, including legislative, executive (in things dependent on laws of nation), and executive (in things that depend on the civil…

The 15th through the 18th centuries was a time for major changes in the way the people viewed the world. It was the beginning of a movement that would forever change the way of life. I am going to discuss the major intellectual developments of Europe in the 15th through the 18th centuries. I will talk about whom some of the great thinkers were and what their new ideas were. I will also analyze how these new ideas changed the way the European people viewed their world and themselves. Starting in…

I found it really interesting that we were able to learn about Mary Wollstonecraft, and her writing a Vindication of the Rights of Women. I have spent this last semester taking Intro to Gender Studies with Sarah Shady, and I have really enjoyed learning about the history of feminism and learning about all the different things that feminism touches on - and ultimately things that we should know about since we have the privilege of going into a higher education. To find a woman in the 16th century…

Argument #2 Social Contract Social contracts are an individual 's moral and ethical political obligations, which are dependent upon a contract or agreement. It addresses questions of the origin of the society, and the legitimacy of the authority the state holds over an individual. For Locke, since the state of nature is a state of liberty where people recognize the presence of the Law of Nature and, therefore, do not harm one another, the state of war differs from the state of nature. Property…

Who do you think was the most important and influential Enlightenment thinker? Some might say it’s Montesquieu, Mary Wollstonecraft, or even Voltaire. But there are some people that find John Locke as the most important and influential Enlightenment thinker, and he is. Being a scholar, physician, and also being well-experienced in politics and business already gives him a good appearance for being the most important and influential, even the French philosopher Voltaire called Locke, “the man of…

To be able to run the government of Rock-Chalk-Topia I will be in need of many great political theories and principles. The majority of these theories and principles will come from the learnings of Locke, Rousseau, and the American Documents. With this opportunity that I have been given I will greatly capitalize on the aspects that Locke put forth with equality while trying to also abide by the rules of the Social Contract created by Rousseau. Although these rules may help the society get in the…