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Flashcards covering key vocabulary and concepts from Rousseau's political philosophy, including his biography, major works, the State of Nature, amour propre, the Social Contract, and the General Will.
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss philosopher and literary writer (1712-1778)
Discourse on the Origins of Inequality ('Second Discourse') (1755)
A key work by Rousseau exploring the origins of inequality
Emile, or on Education (1762)
A work by Rousseau that discusses education
The Social Contract
Rousseau's famous concept exploring the relationship between the individual and society
State of Nature
The state of existence before civil society
Origin of Inequality
Private property
Natural Man
A solitary hunter-gatherer, strong, agile, and selfish
Amour propre
Self-regard - the need to distinguish oneself in relation to others
Love of Self
Natural repugnance towards suffering, and natural compassion
Social Contract Outcomes
Civil liberty and property are gained, natural liberty is lost
Rousseau’s interpretation of freedom
Freedom to do what a rational person would choose
General Will
Laws made in accordance with this will give a ‘higher’ sort of freedom and solves the problem of political authority
Will of All
The aggregate of the particular wills of a political group’s members