Rousseau
Andrew Hoock Political Thought Rousseau Freedom Essay November 20, 2002 What is Rousseau’s understanding of Freedom? ... Jean-Jacques Rousseau had the understanding that a truly free republic is based on the idea of general will. ... In this paper I intend to address the points of general will and inequality and how they impact Rousseau’s take on freedom. ... I think that Rousseau has a few good points on the general idea of freedom one specifically is natural freedom. ... Rousseau said that at the point when man has to depend on another, all freedom is lost. ... I think that Rousseau was speaking of this natural freedom when he was discussing the state that man was born in to. ... I don’t think it is possible to ever return to a state of nature as portrayed by Rousseau. The general will as Rousseau brings to the table has a few weak points in my perception as well.