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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do humans owe many of their ideas to?

2. What summarizes the end of "Chapter 4, A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Part One"?

3. Where does Rousseau question language evolved from?

4. According to Rousseau, what do passions allow for the human?

5. What does amore-propre preserve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and explain how morality's corruption does or does not destroy taste, according to Rousseau.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe how Rousseau views the nature of pleasure and pain in human individuals and how they serve as a motivator in all humans.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss and describe how Rousseau viewed property rights in relation to humanity and the way humans interacted overall.

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