LITERATURE QUESTIONS
RESTORATION EIGHTEENTH CENTURY DRAMA
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religion.
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enlightenment.
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society.
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history.
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tradition.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Social Contract, with its famous opening sentence ‘Man is born free, and he is everywhere in chains’, stated instead that people could only experience true freedom if they lived in a civil society that ensured the rights and well-being of its citizens.
Detailed explanation-2: -Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Swiss Enlightenment philosopher with some radical ideas. He argued passionately for democracy, equality, liberty, and supporting the common good by any means necessary. While his ideas may be utopian (or dystopian), they are thought-provoking and can inform modern discourse.
Detailed explanation-3: -“Man is born free but everywhere is in chains.” This quote made the Geneva-born political philosopher, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, world famous.