The Social Contract - Hardcover

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934568163 ISBN 13: 9781934568163

Publisher: Frederick Ellis, 2007

Synopsis

Published in 1762, Rousseau's thinking is still relevant in these modern times. He believed that all citizens of a state fundamentally have a natural power of equality. This is the 'social contract' between the citizens of a state. Rousseau writes about liberty and law, freedom and justice. A declaration of democratic principles. A Collector's Edition.

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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

Edition details

• Publisher: Frederick Ellis
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1934568163
• ISBN 13: 9781934568163
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 156