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Republicanism

The General Will - a new social contract (Jean-Jacques Rousseau)

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Who existed in a state of nature before society? Humans
What offered a modern form of politics where a ruler's morality and the concerns of the state are separate? Niccolo Machiavelli's "The Prince".
What argues for the foundation of the the state on the basis of the social contract? Thomas Hobbes's "Leviathan".
After 1789, what began meeting in Paris in an attempt to apply Rousseau's principles to revolutionary politics? The Jacobin Club
To renounce liberty is to renounce being what? A man
What can you write to promote freedom through law? A new social contract
Who blamed Rousseau for the "excesses" of the French Revolution? Edmund Burke
What created an immediate division between people in society? Private property
Who judged themselves as superior? People who possessed greater property
Who believed freedom could exist only in the absence of law? Hobbes
Who believed people are contented and happy creatures? Rousseau
Who thought that in the state of nature, life was nasty, brutish, and short? Hobbes
Who thought the social contract preserved inequalities and destroyed a person's humanity? Rousseau
Who believed the social contract was necessary to guarantee peace and avoid the state of nature? Hobbes
Who believed freedom can be won within the bounds of law? Rousseau
Who was not against property, as long as it was distributed fairly? Rousseau
What began on July 14, 1789? The French Revolution
What was considered a symbol of royal power? The Bastille
Who is one of the founders of modern conservatism? Edmund Burke
Who had a cyclical view of political change? The Greeks
Who was considered to be the forefather of totalitarianism? Rousseau
Who believed the errors in Rosseau's thinking helped drive the Revolution away from its liberal roots? Hannah Arendt
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