Response # 8: On Rousseau's Social Contract Political Philosophy in the Age of Enlightenment... Instructions Explain the focus on the idea of natural law, and its connection to the social contract, an extension of human nature during the conclusion of the seventeenth century. To what extent do you agree that the entire physical world is governed by such laws? You may use your textbook or locate online sources. ONLINE you will readily find resources about the notion of the Social Contract from the perspectives of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Jean Jaques Rousseau. If using the textbook, see content on Enlightenment on pages 298 & 302 on variations of the Social Contract from the perspectives of the philosophes of the Enlightenment 1650 - 1800.