Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 1161 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712 1778 Rousseau, J. J. (Jean-Jacques) Rousseau, Jean Jacques Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes. English A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind "A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind" by J. J. Rousseau is a philosophical treatise written during the 18th century. The work explores the concepts of natural and moral inequality among humans, questioning the roots of societal disparities and the implications of civilization on human nature. Rousseau engages with the fundamental question of whether such inequalities are justified by the laws of nature or if they stem from human conventions. At the start of the discourse, Rousseau introduces the topic by contrasting two forms of inequality: natural inequality, which is established by nature and relates to personal attributes such as age, health, and strength; and moral or political inequality, which arises from social conventions and results in varied privileges among people. He reflects on humanity’s evolution from a state of nature—where humans lived independently and with few needs—to a complex society marked by dependency, competition, and strife. In this opening portion, Rousseau sets a thought-provoking tone, prompting readers to reconsider their understanding of social structures and the often-unquestioned norms that govern their lives. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Political science Natural law Equality JC Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Politics 187285 187294 2024-09-05T07:43:33.762941 2023-10-05T08:21:48.982829 text/html text/html 187278 187287 2024-09-05T07:43:33.935947 2023-10-05T08:21:49.132859 text/html text/html 144091 2024-09-05T07:43:39.180899 application/epub+zip 145171 2024-09-05T07:43:36.475924 application/epub+zip 125808 2024-09-05T07:43:35.569928 application/epub+zip 373749 2024-09-05T07:43:41.270978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 362287 2024-09-05T07:43:38.547957 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159721 2022-09-05T11:50:56.425211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176527 176555 2024-09-05T07:43:33.551920 2023-10-05T08:21:48.802853 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 177895 2017-10-29T01:11:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 65096 2017-10-29T01:11:52 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18347 2024-09-05T07:43:41.399875 application/rdf+xml 25839 2024-09-05T07:43:35.924901 image/jpeg 4642 2024-09-05T07:43:35.744925 image/jpeg 146116 2024-09-05T07:43:33.953964 application/octet-stream application/zip fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia