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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Rousseau see as possibly contradictory in "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
2. Who does Rousseau think promulgates wicked doctrines?
3. How did older centuries think of natural law, according to Rousseau?
4. Slavery makes people tend to be what according to "Chapter 1, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part I"?
5. Why does Rousseau think men lie under restraint?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the type of land Rousseau states he prefers to live in in "Chapter 3, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Dedication and Preface".
2. What does Rousseau feel humans are called to, according "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix"?
3. How did the arts and sciences directly effect France, according to Rousseau?
4. What does Rousseau argue government came from?
5. Explain how private persons have become slaves, according to Rousseau in "Chapter 5, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part Two".
6. In "Chapter 6, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Appendix" what happens as a result of luxury?
7. What are the effects of idleness on humanity, according to "Chapter 2, A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences, Part II"?
8. Explain what Rousseau suggests about mankind's living quarters in their earliest stage.
9. Describe what type of person Rousseau wants to represent the State.
10. Describe how the arts and sciences have helped to repress our wickedness, according to Rousseau.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Rousseau's definition of the savage man to the modern man.
Essay Topic 2
Explain how Jean-Jacques Rousseau has difficulty treating the subject of the "restoration of the arts and sciences" and its effects on morality fairly in his "A Discourse on Inequality"? Discuss what gets in the way and how the results are contradictory.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Rousseau believe that Socrates praised ignorance? Use this information provided in your reading, as well as your knowledge of history to explain your answer.
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