Jacques-Yves Cousteau

“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains” (Rousseau). This apparent paradox was the first sentence in The Social Contract, and shares Jean Jacques Rousseau’s thoughts on the balance between freedom and confinement, which we will see as an ongoing theme throughout the book. In other words, Rousseau theorizes about the best way to establish a political community while addressing the flaws of a government that implements natural authority and force. Rousseau’s political views can be best…

upon original ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau, a famous French politic and philosopher of the 1700s during the French Revolution, was an individual who believed in the development of a government…

Ultimately, one would be better off rejecting the government and returning to the State of Nature, with hopes of constructing a better civil government in the future. Jean-Jacques Rousseau had two complementary social contract theories. The first one, clearly expressed in his Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men (Second Discourse), and the second one on The Social Contract published in 1762. According…

Inequality According to Rousseau In his Discourse on Inequality Rousseau strips humankind down to its initial state in an attempt to find the foundation of inequality. He pursues this foundation in hopes of being able to answer his larger question, when was the “moment at which right took the place of violence and nature became subject to law”. In other words, when does natural law give way to inequality. This paper will provide a comprehensive look at Rousseau’s attempt at answering that…

Jean-Jacques Roussseau who was born in Geneva in 1712 is seen as the philosopher of liberty both spiritual and ethical. He saw the human world as a product of human intelligence. He generally believed that human beings were born good but the evils in society quickly corrupted them. Evils such as power politics, insecurity and immorality were all human creations and could simply be overcome by human will. Despite all the negativity created by humans, Rousseau still strongly believed that any evil…

the church, and the individual’s role within society in both Europe and the Americas. This period referred to as the Enlightenment brought religion, economics, government, and the role of society and it’s people into question. Born in 1712, Jean-Jacques Rousseau helped to vocalize the Enlightenment ideals of natural rights, equality, and the importance of individuals living in communion with one another. Born in Swiss-Geneva, Rousseau came from humble beginnings, raised differently than many of…

Displaying the artwork appropriately is also of utmost importance when planning a museum. The order in which pieces are displayed affects the flow of the visitor’s experience. Appropriate height for each piece requires consideration. Additionally, the ambiance and size of the room also hold specific requirements in a museum setting. The Louvre established standards in all of the above mentioned areas. When designing the Met, architects took these aspects into consideration in attempts to…

The Enlightenment is defined as, the European intellectual movement of the eighteenth century using the scientific method of the New Science. The scientific revolution is one of the most important influences in the formation of the Enlightenment. There are three central concepts at the core of enlightened thinking. They are that the methods of natural science could and should be used to examine and understand all aspects of life, which is reason. The scientific method was capable of discovering…

Most developed countries around the world impose a form of compulsory education where people are required to forgo a period of education. In the U.S. every child has access to education from grades K-12. Unfortunately, any higher education comes at a big price. Tuition is at an all time high and student debt reached a record of 1.2 trillion in 2012 . Tuition in a state-public university in 1978 was $688, in 2011 it was $7,701, more than 11 times in 23 years (author, year). Political philosophers…

Frankenstein was a man obsessed. By the age of thirteen, his fascination with finding the key to immortality had already overtaken his thoughts. In this pursuit, he viewed himself as one of the greatest scientists, equal to Isaac Newton and his successors. He believed he could not fail: any inadequacy would be attributed to his lack of experience. He ultimately isolated himself to work solely on his experiments, as “[his] mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose,” (49)…