HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Thomas Hobbes
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Galileo
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John Locke
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Detailed explanation-1: -Rousseau traveled in France and Italy, educating himself. In 1751, he won an essay contest. His fresh view that man was naturally good and was corrupted by society made him a celebrity in the French salons where artists, scientists, and writers gathered to discuss the latest ideas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Civil society, as Rousseau describes it, comes into being to serve two purposes: to provide peace for everyone and to ensure the right to property for anyone lucky enough to have possessions.
Detailed explanation-3: -’ Just over a century later, Jean-Jacques Rousseau countered that human nature is essentially good, and that we could have lived peaceful and happy lives well before the development of anything like the modern state.
Detailed explanation-4: -Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a Genevan born political and moral philosopher of the Enlightenment Era. He is well known for his work On the Social Contract, which questioned the purpose and place of government and its responsibility for its citizens.