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    individual and the law not the will of the people(Plato 51 c 53a) He is famous for his common enlightenment position that we are better off being noble in our state of nature of noble savages this point is driven through more clearly in his work Discourse on Inequality‚ (Rousseau 1755) The Social Contract is more open to the view that we can benefit from modern society. He sets out to determine the basis

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    Report On "A Discourse On Inequality"‚ By Jean Jacques Rousseau In Rousseau’s book "A Discourse On Inequality"‚ he looks into the question of where the general inequality amongst men came from. Inequality exists economically‚ structurally‚ amongst different generations‚ genders‚ races‚ and in almost all other areas of society. However‚ Rousseau considers that there are really two categories of inequality. The first is called Natural/Physical‚ it occurs as an affect of nature. It includes inequalities

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    In the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality‚ Rousseau describes the state of nature and the origin of chance events that gave birth to a civil state‚ where men build social relationships and developed reason. His description of state of nature is very different from that of Locke and Hobbes‚ as he believes that state of nature is actually better than the civil society. According to Rousseau‚ civil state is the culprit behind destroying the rudimentary man. It is surprising to note that Rousseau

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    Rousseau: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau is a firm believer that humans are born good‚ and society corrupts them. Throughout his Discourse on the Origin of Inequality‚ he attempts to give many reasons and examples on how this is so. One of my favorite arguments of his was from p. 34‚ “I ask if anyone has ever heard tell of a savage who was living in liberty ever dreaming of complaining about his life and of killing himself.” Although this argument is very blunt‚ he does make a good

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    In the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality‚ Rousseau holds that the institution of private property has corrupted human nature and humanity‚ such that‚ man‚ whose incipient nature is pure and inclined to goodness and compassion‚ eventually degenerates to displaying traits of deceit‚ cunning and trickery (Rousseau‚ 2008‚ 159). However‚ it is this author’s contention that Rousseau fails to account for any of the possible positives and advantages which arose out of the institution of private property

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    In a Discourse of Inequality‚ Rousseau tries to understand where inequality falls in nature. To examine such‚ one must first comprehend the nature within men that is the true essence of man. Rousseau examines man at its purest form‚ to differentiate between the natural inequalities established by nature‚ and the moral inequalities established by mankind itself. Rousseau argues that mankind’s downfall began with the departure out of man’s natural state of nature‚ but it is freedom and time together

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    In Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Rousseau critiques Hobbes’ natural man in Leviathan. Rousseau states that Hobbes does not go far back enough to fully talk about a man in the state of nature. Rousseau disagrees with Hobbes’ definition of a natural man‚ saying Hobbes took a man‚ who has already been shaped by society and put him into a state of nature‚ and Hobbes fails to understand the effect of pity and that government only increases the problems of man. Suzanne Collin’s Hunger

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    Known as the Victorian Age‚ the early nineteenth century was not the most ideal time to be a female writer. Because of feelings of gender inequality‚ feminism was on the rise and women were beginning to make a stand for themselves. Due to the Industrial Revolution‚ the women of the upper and middle classes saw a massive change in gender roles (Radek). After the invention of things like the cotton gin and sewing machine‚ women felt as if their responsibilities in the home were no longer relevant.

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    societies in which everything is perfect presents a kind of challenge for them. Of the many philosophers that have given their two cents on the matter‚ Jean Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx’s are two of the more interesting ones. In Rousseau’s Discourse on Inequality‚ he writes about this idea of man in the state of nature‚ and how that the primitive state of man would actually be the ideal form of society. In Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto he writes about communism and how the ideal society would

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    make no comparisons to others of how much more beautiful or intelligent he may be. The man at natural state will be at peace by just attempting to do whatever he does to satisfy himself. The “Discourse of Inequality” is book written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. In this book Rousseau writes about the inequality of natural state he says “Man is weak when he is dependent‚ and is his own master before he comes to be strong” (Rousseau‚ 33). Rousseau explains that when man lives in a civilized society there

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