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Washington Square Press (1967), Edition: Pocket Book, Paperback, 260 pages
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This work presents two of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's most popular and influencial works The Social Contract and Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men. These works discuss a human state of nature and political community.
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LibraryThing member Dilip-Kumar
This is classic of the Western philosophical tradition, so one hesitates to say anything about it. It makes for a somewhat heavy reading, as each sentence and paragraph compresses a large number of ideas, and there seems to be an underlying incoherence in its narrative. I often found myself shaking
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my head in vigorous puzzlement and disagreement. Such a work requires much deeper study and analysis, which I do not have the time for. es to say anything about it. However, the most interesting and topical portions are those on the machinations of populist rulers, tyranny of the majority, contraction of citizens' liberty in the name of national security, and the role of religion in the state (the last portion of the treatise, and the most incoherent of all). Show Less
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1762
ISBN
0671628585 / 9780671628581