HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Omnipotence, Totalitarianism
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No one had the influence of rousseau. V. lacked the energy to change the ancient regime of fr. Could create an ideal world if you were willing to do what was necessary. Father created an atmosphere of ideas and words. He was an emotional cripple, and turned on most of his friends. He believed they were helping him for their own purposes. His father taught him that he was better than a watch maker, taught him that he could be better. He wandered south from geneva because his father left him and he didnt think he should be an engraver and gave him the job of copying music. Diderot believed that rousseau had the words. Rousseau wrote an essay about the natural self for a competition and won an essay writing competition.
