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

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

 
9780143037491: The Social Contract: Man Was Born Free, and He Is Everywhere in Chains (Penguin Great Ideas)

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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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About the Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is the author of numerous political and philosophical texts as well as entries on music for Diderot's Encyclopédie and the novels La nouvelle Héloïse and Émile.

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9781909669079: The Social Contract (French-English Text) (Rossetta Series)

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ISBN 10:  1909669075 ISBN 13:  9781909669079
Publisher: JiaHu Books, 2013
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