Reviews
Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
valen_chialvo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
chicafrom3's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
A philosophical contemplation on how far humanity has come from our natural state of being, and what conditions one may perceive as being natural are in fact the result of many years of civilization and government establishing cultural expectations. A lot of interesting ideas on why and how inequality became built into society.
noahtato's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
I ended up agreeing a lot with Rousseau on specific logical strands regarding the mechanics of the invention of human society, though his more general views of "natural" and "civilized" humanity are far less nuanced/developed. While the general conceit is stuck in the past, many pieces of inference and analysis would still be of great (or even greater) use to modern society.