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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is needed by arts according to Rousseau?

2. What does Rousseau think artistic progress produces?

3. How does the Introduction classify both Hobbes and Locke?

4. Why do men separate themselves according to Rousseau?

5. What does Rousseau argue generates ethics?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the start of Chapter 1, what is Rousseau concerned about?

2. How does Rousseau explain the nature of man in relation to art?

3. What does Rousseau state has fallen apart in Chapter 1?

4. What does Rousseau state about artists?

5. According to the Introduction, what has Jean-Jacques Rousseau inspired?

6. What does Rousseau argue about philosophers?

7. What examples of vanity does Rousseau give in Chapter 2?

8. What claim about civilization is made at the start of Chapter 2?

9. Who does Rousseau refer to in his statement about how the sciences to not improve morals?

10. What paradox does Rousseau discuss in Chapter 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Rousseau describes enlightenment, including the development of human reasoning, language, and mental capacities in an essay. Use the text to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 2

Rousseau's philosophical work, the First and Second Discourses, discusses Rousseau's views about nature verses society. In an essay, discuss how the two conflict based on the text.

Essay Topic 3

Rousseau introduces amour propre as self-preservation or acute awareness of oneself. Discuss and analyze Rousseau's discussion of amour propre in an essay and use the text to support your analysis.

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