Tag: Jean-Jacques Rousseau

2GreenEnergy super-supporter Cameron Atwood writes: The most basic paradigms by which our societies now operate are far too often sourced in some deception or some novel and baseless belief. Examples include the commodification of natural resources like water, forests, oil, …

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At 2GreenEnergy, we routinely remind readers of the ideas put forth by the contemporary and historical political philosophers, insofar as, in general, their thoughts have great import on some of today’s most critical issues.  We all have a great deal …

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It’s the 303rd birthday of political philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (pictured), best known for his 1762 masterpiece The Social Contract, the central point of which is that a government is legitimate to the degree that is exists via the consent of …

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It’s the birthday of social philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a leading figure in the Enlightenment, whose writings contain the basic ideas behind the U.S. Constitution, the French Revolution, and so many other important elements of the way Western civilization has developed …

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