A Discourse on Inequality by Maurice Cranston, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

A Discourse on Inequality

Maurice Cranston, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

192 pages first pub 1755 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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If humans are benevolent by nature, how do societies become corrupt? And how do governments founded upon the defense of individual rights degenerate into tyranny? These are the questions addressed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin...

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