Rousseau and Plato social contract ideas are extremely different. With that the thought of man is different. One believes that the true power is in the people while the other believes that the power lies in the government that rules the people. Therefore believing that a just man is one that obeys the government. Rousseau asserts the idea of the people’s general will be the ideal governing force of the state. This idea is …showed first 75 words of 1524 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1524 total…mind for the people, because it was by the people. Rousseau on the other hand believed that we needed rules to the people keep on the “straight and arrow”. He believed that certain laws where essential to any organized governments. These ideas ultimately show the differences between the two concepts of man. Rousseau gave more power to his free man than Plato’s just man. Which between the two holds a great difference. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**