Which of the following best describes the French intellectual Jean-Jacques Rousseau? A. a Romantic artist who painted scenes fro
m nature B. a leader of the French Revolution whose excesses led to the Reign of Terror C. a writer and a rebel who died in the struggle to free Greece from Ottoman rule D. an Enlightenment philosophe who believed in the goodness of human nature.
D. An enlightenment philosopher who believed in the goodness of human nature
Explanation:
<em>Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) was one of the greatest philosophers</em> in the eighteenth century (The Enlightenment period). In his works he stated that the human nature is good and is corrupted by the context of the society, historical events and science. He won the Academy of Dijon because of his famous work "A Discourse on the Sciences and Arts". Rousseau had a great impact on families during that century, parents took interest on the education of their children so they wouldn't be corrupted, Rousseau was had also great impact on politicians and on the importance of arts.
The French intellectual, Jean-Jacques Rousseau is best described as D. <span>an Enlightenment philosophe who believed in the goodness of human nature.</span>
The nation's founders believed that containing the government's power and protecting liberty was their most important task, and declared a new purpose for government: the protection of individual rights.
No the Declaration of Independence was not intended to be a formal declaration of war since "<span>There was no need to declare war, as this power had yet to be established" and because it was implied. </span>
