The Social Contract by Maurice Cranston, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

168 pages first pub 1762 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy dark informative reflective slow-paced
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"Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains."These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield author...

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