The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau with G. D. H. Cole (Translator)

104 pages first pub 1762 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy dark informative reflective slow-paced

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau writes, "Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains." This statement exemplifies the main idea behind "The Social Contract", in other words that man is essentially free if it weren't for the oppression of political orga...

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