John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau are great political philosophers that have many similar insights about society and its political form. However, when closely examining the writings of these thinkers, one can easily discover many subtle differences among them. The two philosophers base their theories on different assumptions, which subsequently lead to dissimilar ideas about the origin of society and the constitution of governments. As a result, their views of the development of society greatly dissent …showed first 75 words of 1688 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1688 total…communism. With these extremes in mind, history has shown us that communism is unrealistic to human nature. However, for a big state, true democracy can never happen, as Rousseau claims, "were there a people of gods, their government would be democratic. So perfect a government is not for men." (4 democracy)There is no absolute ideal form of government. Again Rousseau says, "each[government] is in some cases the best, and in others the worst." (3 Division)