Monday, 5 October 2009
French Constitution Articles 2 and 3
These articles of the French Constitution use the ideas of many philosophers. First, France uses John Locke's "Life, liberty, and property", but changes it to "Life, equality, and fraternity" which have the same meaning. France also says that men and women have the right to vote, which bases itself off of Mary Woltstencrafts ideas on men and women being equal. The French also use Rousseau's qoute on government being an agreement by the people and the government by the French stating that its sovereignity vests in its people
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I like your post! I think that the first one is a little unclear, but the quote about everyone voting, is a perfect example of an enlightenment thought.
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Nice post! You went into a lot of detail about the ideas of the Enlightenment and they seem to apply to the French constitution very well. You did a good job and it seems like you put a lot of thought into this because this really emphasizes the thought of the Enlightenment being applied and being the basis of other constitutions.
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