First, to give credit where credit is due, it was in the comment stream to this product review that the necessity of this smooth versus chunky treatise was made apparent to me. The lord works, as they say, in mysterious ways–trite but true… that his/her/its/their plan for me would be revealed via Bridgitte’s Skippy reduced […]
Tag Archives: Jean Jacques Rousseau
Is it possible for us to get a state of direct democracy here in the United States of America? If possible, would it be desirable? In order to answer those questions with some logical clarity, before we are even able to decide whether it is possible or desirable, we first need a definition of democracy. […]
Aspiring Francophiles aren’t the only ones who can appreciate these interesting observations and jokes made by the French over the centuries. As I touch on the same subject in my previous collection, these well-known and not-so-well-known French expressions touch on a variety of places that highlight some similarities in thinking between French and American cultures, […]
Ideas do not spontaneously appear. People do not go to bed one night with a certain set of beliefs and wake up in the morning with a new set. The evolution of ideas is a complex process which takes place slowly over many years. It is influenced by countless individuals and always occurs within the […]
Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality among Men and Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman are a culmination of the Enlightenment thought on the natural rights of mankind, man’s place in society, and the Social Contract. Rousseau evaluated the works of Enlightenment philosophers before him like Thomas Hobbes […]
Karl Marx (1818-1883) is most notable for the significant impact he made on the development of Socialism and Communism. Influenced by thinkers such as; Gorge Wilhelm Friedrich von Hegel, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Ludwig Feuerbach, Marx developed a complex and controversial view of society, economics, and religion that has made him one of the most known […]
John Locke, in the Second Treatise of Government, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in On the Origin of Inequality, address the concept of human rights in relation to the establishment and acquisition of private property. Locke takes an almost idealist approach on the matter, arguing that human rights are bolstered by private property, and even goes as […]
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Here’s a collection of hand-picked quotes that could be used for cards, gifts and messages to send to Leo. Leos fall in love very quickly and can be demanding lovers. Leos love to be the subject of their partner’s admiration. They need to be imbued with love and affection and in return they will also […]
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The Ideas and Theories of Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Paine and Malcolm X: Three Prominent Thinkers, One Great Theory
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The ideas of liberty, equality, society, and government are great and debatable issues regardless of the times in which they are examined. Each of these ideas is interpreted differently by different people. Amongst the given notable figures it is clear that the ideas which are expressed in the writing of Thomas Paine and Malcolm X […]
In her most famous work, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft commented that “the education which women now receive scarcely deserves the name” (109). Less than thirty years later, her daughter, Mary Shelley, would write a novel that tells the story of a monster and his creator, which appears to contradict her […]
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