Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 2025 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 Reading ease score: 34.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. "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 187293 187294 2024-10-05T08:18:42.915896 2023-10-05T08:21:48.982829 text/html text/html 187286 187287 2024-10-05T08:18:43.151905 2023-10-05T08:21:49.132859 text/html text/html 176610 2024-10-05T08:18:50.406821 application/epub+zip 177534 2024-10-05T08:18:47.184872 application/epub+zip 126687 2024-10-05T08:18:45.767862 application/epub+zip 417590 2024-10-05T08:18:52.711840 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406126 2024-10-05T08:18:49.484843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159721 2022-09-05T11:50:56.425211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176527 176555 2024-10-05T08:18:42.488880 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 19645 2024-10-05T08:18:53.202813 application/rdf+xml 26191 2024-10-05T08:18:46.360845 image/jpeg 4694 2024-10-05T08:18:46.079850 image/jpeg 176622 2024-10-05T08:18:43.169903 application/octet-stream application/zip 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 fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia