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The Body Politic : Little Black Classic by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Little Black Classics
'No true Democracy has ever existed, nor ever will exist.' In this selection from The Social Contract, Rousseau asserts that a state's only legitimate political authority comes from its people. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Class ...Show more
The Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category: Classics | Reading Level: very good
Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is an astonishing work of acute psychological insight. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) argued passionately against the inequality he believed to be intrinsic to civilized society. In his Confessions he relives the first fifty-three years ...Show more
The Essential Writings of Jean-Jacques Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category: Culture Ideas Politics
This is translated by Peter Constantine Edited and with an new introduction by Leo Damrosch. 'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains' is the dramatic opening line of The Social Contract, published in 1762. Quoted by politicians and philosophers alike, the power of this sentence continues to re ...Show more
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Category: Philosophy | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
'Man was born free, and he is everywhere 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 authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, o ...Show more
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