He can not be harmed or corrupted by the evil world. Again, I feel that Rousseau is partly correct here, I don't think that you can assume that someone is good or evil based on where they live, but do believe if one lives in the country as opposed to the city he is definitely living a more sheltered life, which in many cases leads to less temptations to evil.
Rousseau also believes that all people should give up their individual will for the rights of the general will. I believe that if you look at this in a broad sense it seems okay, but I feel the more you think about it the more confusing or obsured it sounds. I don't think you can always give up your individual will for the general will. This sounds good if you don't give up your freedom to only one man or one group, but give it up to society or all people. The thing I find confusing is that the general will is not always the individual will and what to do then? The general will does make a common ground for all people, but if someone does not agree or like the general will, must they always give up there individual freedom? What type of society would we be if this were the case? To me, this is where Rousseau contradicts himself. Is he implying that individual freedom is not important nor does it matter, or that it is the general will that is important. The purpose of giving up your individual will for a general will is so that no one person is the ruler, but if your rights are given up to everyone's will then your vote or opinion really doesn't mater. Isn't this the same as having one person being in control?.
Rousseau had many diverse thoughts on the way people should be educated. Rousseau believed that children started to learn at a very, very young age. Actually he believed that newborns begin learning from the time of their birth. He felt that hands on experience is vital to a child's upbringing. He also felt as though children should be allowed to talk and run whenever they want to.
How does Rousseau conceive the relationship between democracy and freedom? ... The general will is essential to Rousseau's idea of freedom. ... Rousseau states that "so perfect a government is not suited to men". ... Ultimately democracy is not necessary for freedom under Rousseau's definition of the concept. ... Rousseau envisages a state where people think of the whole before themselves. ...
Rousseau's biography is important in the romanticism, it reflect the philosophical ideas of romanticism. ... Rousseau was free to expresses his natural feelings and emotion as a human being. ... Rousseau's ideas reflect the philosophical ideas of romanticism. ... Rousseau udestood it and respect it. ... Rousseau" s ideas reflect philosophical ideas of romanticism. ...
Who influenced David and Rousseau? ... Without knowledge of Rousseau's own personal history it is hard to appreciate the intensely moralistic character and relevance of Rousseau's political writings. "Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778) became famous as a "French" political philosopher and educationalist. ... "Rousseau never abandoned the republican ideals of his native city. ... It made it possible for most of Rousseau's social group to take the existence of society for granted". ...
Rousseau explains that human evolution and the increase of inequality between people are interconnected. ... Rousseau tries to imagine people in their once natural state, disregarding the traditional influence of biblical rationalisation. ... Natural Right is based on pity and self- preservation because, for Rousseau they were the most basic impulses that existed. ... Rousseau continues by affirming that the modern moral inequality, between people is unnatural and is not the true nature of humankind. ... Rousseau's explanation of the function of society has various stages. ...
As a result of this blame he takes upon himself, Rousseau develops a deep hatred of himself. ... Rousseau views his birth, and the subsequent death of his mother, as a grave misfortune. ... Rousseau describes his conception as "the unhappy fruit of [his father's] return" (19). His birth is not the celebratory occasion for Rousseau as it is for others. ... Because Rousseau sees Mlle. ...
(pg 12) Passion and feeling, for Rousseau, preceded reason and thought. ... The grounds on which Rousseau's account lie seem to be contradictory. This is a valid concern, Rousseau recognizes this as well and he addresses it in his essay. ... Rousseau, in his essay, brings several notions about language into question. ... Rousseau also discusses how the transmittance of passions through language, alters those passions. ...
One of the first and most important questions Rousseau asks is " How can one know inequality without knowing man?" ... Rousseau's enquiry will not deal with historical truths, but with hypothetical and conditional reasoning. ... From his picture of a savage man Rousseau derives the two basic principles of his Discourse: pity and self-preservation. ... According to Rousseau, early society was the happiest epoch. ... Rousseau measures a society by how much freedom it manages to deliver its citizens. ...
