Rousseau's Influence On Civil Society
Rousseau begins part two by stating that civil society began when people started claiming ownership of land and claims that humans could have been spared a lot pain if someone had just stopped the first person to claim land as their own. Rousseau then discuss how humans adapted and developed tools and how they could overcome obstacles in nature. He then talks about the early coming together of humans and what drove them to work together. He then discusses family and how the family unit became a little society then Rousseau says that the first differences were established in the ways of life between the sexes as women became more sedentary and men went out to find sustenance. Rousseau then says that as people became more sociable people began