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- Title: Of The Social Contract and Other Political Writings
- Author : Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Christopher Bertram & Quintin Hoare
- Release Date : January 04, 2012
- Genre: Philosophy,Books,Nonfiction,Political,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1231 KB
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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 over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles.
Translated by Quintin Hoare
With a new introduction by Christopher Bertram
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