POLI1041 Lecture : First and Second Discourse Complete Notes
1 Apr 2014
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Jean-jacques rousseau: first major critique of modern society, platonic. Natural man is more of a beast: second discourse = response to a public question in geneva (switzerland) Rousseau"s person doesn"t have and conception of acquiring of power (animalistic: repugnance at seeing another being harmed, natural man was simply an animal, didn"t reason don"t participate in natural law. 2 sorts of inequality = natural and political: most advantageous animals are humans, simple beings eat, drink, sex. Humans can perfect themselves, though: can take on nature and can better themselves through different ways, man has dreams and ideals and can set goals for themselves. By making man civil, you have weakened them. In nature, man doesn"t know what misery or property is. Self-interest men can forage, protect: want a certain man to stick around, not leave, corruption of civil society, language reason vanity property sentiments of preference seeming (vs. being)
