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Essay · 1762

The Social Contract

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The Social Contract
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Restates modernity in a sharper essay register.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. The philosophical foundation of modern democracy.

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Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. The philosophical foundation of modern democracy.

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Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. The philosophical foundation of modern democracy.

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