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From the mid seventeenth to nineteenth centuries, there was an ‘Enlightenment' movement that swept across Europe. The theorists behind this act rejected the ‘original sin' concept, maintained the argument that humans could grow and progress, and stated that humans could reorganize society on the grounds of equality, justice, and freedom. Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were all members of The Enlightenment movement, and each had their own idea on how human society should be structured and run. Locke and Hobbes lived around the same time, and some of their political theories were the same, however, by the time Rousseau came along, much had changed.
Born in Geneva to a middle class watch maker, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was to become one of the most influential thinkers of the eighteenth century. Being well educated in music and reading, he entered an essay contest in a newspaper. The topic: "Has the revival of the arts and sciences done more to corrupt or......

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