The Social Contract: Man Was Born Free, and He Is Everywhere in Chains (Penguin Great Ideas) - Softcover

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143037498 ISBN 13: 9780143037491

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2006

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The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.

Rousseau's explosive cry for human liberty helped to spark the French Revolution and has haunted our discussions of how we should rule one another ever since--seen as both a blueprint for political terror and as a fundamental statement of democracy.

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From the Author:

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The social contract came to me when I was fairly young, living in Geneva. It is unlike a convential book, which may take a few years to write, in that that it was in the making throughout my entire life.
If you find some of the ideas are not to your liking, then I make no excuse for them. They are my own so I cannot disown them. We can do only that which we think to be right.
The Social Contract lays out my view of soceity, and how I feel it should be

Jean Jacques Rousseau,

17th April 2004

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0143037498
• ISBN 13: 9780143037491
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176