Social Contract :)
Well Rousseau was dead by the time Dostoevsky wrote C&P, so....
Read: Discourse on Inequality, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Read: Discourse on Inequality, by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778 CE) was a Genevan philosopher during the French Revolution. The ideas he promoted were democracy and personal freedom under the law.
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Rousseau's ideas inspire many leaders of the French Revolution. Rousseau fought for individual freedom. He though that a direct democracy was the best form of government.
he got it from his local art school by:asmaa
The ideas and trends of the Scientific Revolution affected Rousseau by him writing a book called L'Emile or "Education". In that book, he believed in education and learning as key ingredients to success.
Two French writers in the 1700s who had new ideas were Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Voltaire was known for his advocacy of freedom of speech and religion, while Rousseau's ideas on democracy and individual freedom greatly influenced the French Revolution.
They gave then the idea to fight for freedom .
The Enlightenment
John Locke and/or Jean Jacques Rousseau