Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Patrick Coleman, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Franklin Philip

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Patrick Coleman, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Franklin Philip

127 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows with unparalledled eloquence how it robs us not only of o...

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