Title: Contrasting Perspectives on Democracy: Rousseau vs. De Tocqueville

Answer the prompt: What are some of the major differences between a pro-democratic thinker such as Rousseau, and a more conservative thinker such as De Tocqueville?  Be sure to address such important ideas as view of human nature, purpose of the political order, notions of justice and/or freedom, etc.
Answer the prompt in 6-7 pages and with minimal 4 sources: Any two online sources and 
the two attached sources being 
– https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/125494/5019_Rousseau_Discourse_on_the_Origin_of_Inequality.pdf
– https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/de-tocqueville/democracy-america/index.htm

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