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A 3 page essay that contrasts and compares works by Rousseau and Wordsworth and argues that they are representative of their respective eras. In his Discourse on Inequality, the French neoclassical philosophy Jean-Jacques Rousseau examines the factors that create societal inequities in order to determine if there is any foundation for inequality between human beings based on principles of natural law. William Wordsworth addressed a similar topic in his poem “London, 1802,” as Wordsworth, like Rousseau, castigates societal values in this work. Examination of both works shows how each captures the general tendencies of the literary and philosophical tenor of their times, as Rousseau represents the neoclassical perspective, and Wordsworth’s views are representative of Romanticism. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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any foundation for inequality between human beings based on principles of natural law. William Wordsworth addressed a similar topic in his poem "London, 1802," as Wordsworth, like Rousseau, castigates societal
values in this work. Examination of both works shows how each captures the general tendencies of the literary and philosophical tenor of their times, as Rousseau represents the neoclassical perspective,
and Wordsworths views are representative of Romanticism. Rousseau approaches his subject with logic and reason, which fits with the way that the neoclassical era valued rationality above all else.
He begins by imaging people living in a state of nature and conjectures on how society probably developed. Rousseau speculates that natural forces drove people to all areas of the
globe and how the necessities required for survival provided the main impetus toward developing the skills of language and cooperation, which, in turn, prompted the growth of civilization. He
imagines the development of provide property as a major milestone in the evolution of social inequality. As people start to live in groups and develop civilization the primary motivations of
self-preservation and pity for ones fellow beings is replaced by the desire to compare ones own station to others, which Rousseau calls "amour propere" (Rousseau). As this suggests, Rousseau
offers reasonable, logical analysis in order to justify his political views that inequities in European society were not based on natural law, that is, on the royalty or nobility being
inherently better or more entitled to their station in life than anyone else. He believed that inequality, which was the situation that Rousseau observed throughout Europe, was not based on
any real superiority existing between human beings. Since no such superiority exists between individuals, there is no basis for inequality in natural law. Rather, Rousseau deduced that inequality derived
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