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The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Form
Form Philosophy
Year
Year 1762
Originally in
Originally in French
Pages
Pages 130

A philosopher opens by declaring man born free and everywhere in chains, and works out how a people can rule itself through a general will no king stands above.

Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.
The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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