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 2014-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 2650 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712 1778 Rousseau, J. J. (Jean-Jacques) Rousseau, Jean Jacques Cole, G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard) 1889 1959 Cole, George Douglas Howard The Social Contract & Discourses The Social Contract and Discourses E-text prepared by Marc D'Hooghe (http://www.freeliterature.org) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http://books.google.com) "The Social Contract & Discourses" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a foundational work of political philosophy written in the late 18th century. The text explores the relationship between individuals and the state, examining how legitimate political authority can be established and justified. Central to Rousseau's argument is the idea of the social contract, which posits that individuals collectively agree to form a society that is governed by the general will aimed at the common good. At the start of the work, Rousseau provocatively states, “Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains,” indicating his exploration of how social and political structures often oppress human freedom. He questions the legitimacy of authority derived from force and differentiates between natural and societal bonds, suggesting that while the family represents the first natural society, political institutions must be based on mutual consent and conventions. By delving into these themes, Rousseau sets the stage for a deeper inquiry into the nature of freedom, the role of government, and the principles that underpin legitimate social orders. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Economics Political science -- Early works to 1800 Social contract JC Text Browsing: Economics Browsing: History - General Browsing: Politics 787254 787060 2024-09-19T10:54:01.615445 2023-09-20T07:06:34.470357 text/html text/html 785899 2017-12-14T14:01:16 text/html 412385 2017-12-14T14:02:56 text/html application/zip 496491 2024-09-19T10:54:10.839435 application/epub+zip 507452 2024-09-19T10:54:03.417435 application/epub+zip 353368 2024-09-19T10:54:02.385462 application/epub+zip 779657 2024-09-19T10:54:16.739405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 753347 2024-09-19T10:54:10.041413 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 599653 2022-09-21T05:38:25.342738 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 742165 2024-09-19T10:54:00.619504 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 741799 2020-06-15T20:09:53 text/plain; charset=utf-8 268038 2020-06-15T20:09:53 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 741686 2014-07-19T14:56:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 267894 2014-07-19T14:56:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 741729 2014-07-19T14:58:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 267758 2014-07-19T14:58:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 23234 2024-09-19T10:54:16.889366 application/rdf+xml 16487 2024-09-19T10:54:02.746437 image/jpeg 4002 2024-09-19T10:54:02.562467 image/jpeg 468559 2024-09-19T10:54:01.684473 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia