A work by him proposes the existence of a Lawgiver who inspires the conditions of a political society, but does not legislate any laws himself.
This thinker declared that one can train someone to be a good man or a good citizen, but not both. A work by him proposes the existence of a Lawgiver who inspires the conditions of a political society, but does not legislate any laws himself. This philosopher defined the power to act according to duty as "moral freedom". He called the first man who (*) fenced off a piece of land the founder of civil society, in a work explaining the origins of the desire to be better than others, which he called amour-propre. This author of Discourse on Inequality discussed the community's establishment of a "sovereign" to determine the "general will" of the people. For 10 points, name this Genevan philosopher of Emile, or On Education and The Social Contract.
This thinker declared that one can train someone to be a good man or a good citizen, but not both.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau