Jean-Jacques Rousseau

<Tab/>Rousseau's beliefs covered many ideas of life. He believed that humans were born good but social interaction changed us, making us bad and corrupt. So we are all born as innocents. This is contrary to Christian religious beliefs that we are born with original sin. We are born with natural differences, like skill and ability. These are fine, but they eventually cause differences in wealth and property. These differences are called "artificial differences." These artificial differences influence social interaction and cause jealousy, envy, and contempt. This is thought of…