Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings

Jean-Jacques Rousseau with Christopher Bertram, Quintin Hoare (Translator)

356 pages first pub 1762 (editions) user-added

nonfiction classics philosophy politics informative reflective slow-paced

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'Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.' These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has stirred vigorous debate ever since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority ...

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