Changes

Rousseau's most famous work was ''The Social Contract'' (1762), which supported a direct [[democracy]] based on a "general will" rather than [[republicanism]] such as that adopted 25 years later by the [[U.S. Constitution]].  In it, he further develops the [[concept]] of the "[[social contract]]" established by [[Thomas Hobbes]] and [[John Locke]].  Rousseau disapproved of titles like nobility, and demanded complete equality between all people. He also was a [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalist]], believing that people did not need God or the Church for morality, and just needed to look into nature for it.

Rousseau's most famous work was ''The Social Contract'' (1762), which supported a direct [[democracy]] based on a "general will" rather than [[republicanism]] such as that adopted 25 years later by the [[U.S. Constitution]].  In it, he further develops the [[concept]] of the "[[social contract]]" established by [[Thomas Hobbes]] and [[John Locke]].  Rousseau disapproved of titles like nobility, and demanded complete equality between all people. He also was a [[Naturalism (philosophy)|naturalist]], believing that people did not need God or the Church for morality, and just needed to look into nature for it.

Rousseau vehemently detested [[Catholicism]] along with other institutionalized as well as private forms of [[Christianity]], believing that mankind would be better off with his idea of a civil religion wedded to the state.<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=IPZa0_Qx0koC&pg=PA16&dq=%22civil+religion%22+rousseau#PPA17,M1 ''Religion as a Public Good''], Alan Mittleman, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003

Rousseau vehemently detested [[Catholicism]] along with other institutionalized as well as private forms of [[Christianity]], believing that mankind would be better off with his idea of a civil religion wedded to the state.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=IPZa0_Qx0koC&pg=PA16&dq=%22civil+religion%22+rousseau#PPA17,M1 ''Religion as a Public Good''], Alan Mittleman, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003

ISBN 0742531252, 9780742531253, 336 pages, pp. 16-17</ref>  As such, Rousseau was known for making the claim that followers of [[Jesus]] would not be good citizens.<ref>[https://mises.org/library/6-jean-jacques-rousseau The History of Political Philosophy: From Plato to Rothbard]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CNafZ4xYV2kC&pg=PA201 Jesus and Mary]</ref><ref>[http://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_rousseau.html Jean-Jacques Rousseau]</ref>

ISBN 0742531252, 9780742531253, 336 pages, pp. 16-17</ref>  As such, Rousseau was known for making the claim that followers of [[Jesus]] would not be good citizens.<ref>[https://mises.org/library/6-jean-jacques-rousseau The History of Political Philosophy: From Plato to Rothbard]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=CNafZ4xYV2kC&pg=PA201 Jesus and Mary]</ref><ref>[http://www.philosophybasics.com/philosophers_rousseau.html Jean-Jacques Rousseau]</ref>