Explain Rousseau’s early life, education, and first successful writing experience. 2. How did Rousseau view man in a "state of nature"? What, according to Rousseau, was the influence of society on man, particularly the ownership of property? How did he disagree with Hobbes, Locke, and Montesquieu regarding the idea of the social contract? 3. What was the relationship between the social contract and the sovereign as stated in Rousseau’s work ? 4. Explain Rousseau’s ideas about a direct democracy and political power. How did he view religion’s relationship to the state?