... sufficient for all. The highest hopes for political systems were held by some 18th century French Enlightenment philosophers, specifically Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat, the Marquis de Condorcet. However, the concomitant attempt to bring about an ideal humanistic system (based ... , with a shorter workweek than existed at the start of the industrial revolution. Moreover, Marx, like Nietzsche, believed in less hope in religion and more hope in people to fulfill their needs. Most significantly, the French humanists utopian ideals are reflected in other aspects of present-day ... prove...

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... could not be questioned. However, he envisioned the "general will" as being God or at least containing this authority. To him it was a "civil religion" without God. He saw that man could in a sense transition Augustine's "City of Man," which was corruptible and evil into the "City of God ... by trade from the Far East. This new "middle class" began to ask new questions and saw would help spark the renaissance and the Enlightenment. Why obey? According to Machiavelli, one obeys because they, as an individual, consent to. However, it must be noted that they do ... define what the overall ...

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