A social contract, an agreement between a government (political system) and the people residing under its sovereignty in order to form an organized society or community, is as old as philosophy which has roots elder to classical Greece. Even in India the concept of a monarchy with a social contract is a matter of ancient ...
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 ...
Aspiring Francophiles are not the only ones who can appreciate these interesting observations and witticisms made by French thinkers throughout the centuries. As in an earlier collection touching upon the same subject, these well-known and not so well-known French quotations touch upon a wide variety of topics which bring to light some striking similarities in ...
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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 ...
At the core of the Enlightenment was philosophy, and using reason and logic to determine truth and expose religious corruption and the manipulation power it possesses. Science and art were the most powerful tools utilized by the Philosophers in their various unique, but similar goals. The means to progress and productivity use their tools to ...
INTRODUCTION Jean-Jacques Rousseau began documenting his ideas regarding child development in the mid 1700’s. His complete edition of Emile or On Education was published in 1764. The question that comes to mind while studying Rousseau’s work is what ideas have changed and what have remained the same about early child development/ child rearing since Rousseau’s ...
Here’s a collection of hand picked quotes that might be used for cards, gifts and sending messages to a Leo. Leos fall in love very quickly and they can be demanding lovers. Leos love to be the subject of their partner’s admiration. They need to be showered with love and affection and in return they ...
Candide, is a philosophical book by Voltaire published in Geneva in January 1759. It was reissued twenty times the lifetime of Voltaire making it one of the most successful French literary works. Candide was first published anonymously in 1759, Candide was then attributed to a “Mr. Doctor Ralph” in 1761, following the reshuffle of the ...
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