Rousseau was a contributor to the Encyclopedia and a major philosopher of the French Enlightenment. ... Charles Maurras, a journalist and a politician, gave his personal point of view of The Social Contract saying that according to what Rousseau wrote, he was an anarchist. ... And finally, Jacob Talmon, an Israeli historian, said that Rousseau was a follower of totalitarian democracy, which was a legacy of the French Revolution. ... Hobbes witnessed civil wars in England and in France, the Cromwell Dictature, and the killing of Charles I. ... In fact, Robespierre (a French importa...

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This was not the case with France. Derrida says "France has had a certain tendency to portray itself as being more open to political refugees in contradiction to other European countries, but the motives behind such a policy of opening up to the foreigner have, however, never been "ethical"- in the sense of the moral law or the law of the land-, or, indeed law of hospitality. The comparative drop in birth rate in France since the middle of the eighteenth century has generally permitted her to be more liberal in matters of immigration for obvious economic reasons; when the economy is doing we...

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The Hundred Year's War between England and France, lingered for 116 years (1337-1453) with sporadic periods of gruesome warfare and various periods of truce. The Black Death, also known as the Black Plague, spread from the Italian coast of the Mediterranean Sea in a northbound wave of destruction and mayhem that traveled towards France, England, and beyond, killing one in three people. Also, The Great Papal Schism divided and denigrated papal prestige for over forty years, when two popes were elected for the same position in two different areas: Rome and Avignon, France. ... Love has m...

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The liberal ideal developed first around the times of the English revolution based on the 17th century writings of John Locke and then developed in the 18th century by French philosophers. ... The American Revolution, Manifest Destiny, the Industrial Revolutions, those were all made possible by people saying what they want to say and taking a stand for what they believe in. ...

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