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The Social Contract and Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
The Social Contract and Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lester G. Crocker (Editor)
In The Social Contract Rousseau (1712-1778) argues for the preservation of individual freedom in political society. An individual can only be free under the law, he says, by voluntarily embracing that law as his own. Hence, being free in society requires each of us to subjugate our desires to the interests of all, the general wi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780671628581
ISBN-10: 0671628585
Publication Date: 1967
Pages: 260
Edition: Pocket Book
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Publisher: Washington Square Press
Book Type: Paperback
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