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'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, or 'social contract', that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Philosophy History of Western philosophy

• Full title: Social Contract
• Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192
• EAN: 9780140442014
• ISBN: 0140442014
• ID: 04024267
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Weight: 146 g
• Dimensions: 129 × 196 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 31. July 2003

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