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TMA 05: Art History and Philosophy In this essay I plan to examine how Rousseau argues that the exercise of force cannot provide a legitimate basis for social order. I will discuss what Rousseau meant by the terms legitimate; exercise of force and social order, and then present his arguments and his proposed alternate solution. I will also look at the formal and pictorial means David employed to explore conflict between duty to the family and duty to the state in his painting The Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his sons1. As a conclusion I will identify areas of shared concern between Rousseau's argument in the Social Contract and David's Brutus. In 1762 Rousseau's book "The Social Contract" was published. It discussed Rousseau's concerns with 'men' being constrained by what he considered an illegitimate authority such as the authority that a king possesses. Much of the Social Contract is Rousseau's...

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