For Research: "Rousseau's Influence on the French Revolution"

In relation to the French Revolution, Jean Jacques Rousseau was the inspiration behind the conservative, liberal, and socialist theory. Rousseau saw a divide between society and human nature, which was a major contribution to the Revolution. Rousseau spoke of man's state of nature as a time when man was naturally good, as compared to society in his present in which man was made to be good through the use of laws and rights. 

Rousseau's ideas of man's state of nature and civil state proved a catalyst to the French Revolution that occurred. French citizens began taking notice of Rousseau's words and thoughts and decided to take action against the government that was corrupting them, the people. The main source of Rousseau's influence is The Social Contract, which clearly shows and tells of the goodness of the human race in its natural state. 

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 syzygyastro. "The French Revolution, Locke and Rousseau. <http://syzygyastro.hubpages.com/hub/The-French-Revolution-Locke-and-Rousseau>