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Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Background To 18th Century Political Philosophy

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
Background To 18th Century Political Philosophy

During the 18th Century, the focal point of political theory and
government shifted to the European continent. After the completion of the work
of the 17th - Century British political philosophers Thomas Hobbes and John
Locke had culminated in the English "Glorious Revolution" of 1688, the center
of political speculation shifted to France. While the English were
consolidating their political gains in terms of the ascendancy of
parliamentary government, France, during the 18th Century, remained under
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