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The Social Contract

A work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, first published in 1762

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  • What korrents draws from it

    People are born free, yet everywhere they are in chains, The strongest is never strong enough to stay master unless strength is turned into right and obedience into duty, Renouncing liberty means renouncing being human, giving up the rights of humanity and even its duties …

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Key facts

First published
17622
Edition korrents quotes
tr. G. D. H. Cole, 19133
Claims on korrents
81

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. People are born free, yet everywhere they are in chains (opens korrents.com)1

  2. The strongest is never strong enough to stay master unless strength is turned into right and obedience into duty (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Renouncing liberty means renouncing being human, giving up the rights of humanity and even its duties (opens korrents.com)1

  4. Whoever refuses to obey the general will must be compelled by the whole body, which means being forced to be free (opens korrents.com)1

  5. The general will is always right and aims at the public good, but the people's deliberations are not always equally correct (opens korrents.com)1

  6. A people of gods would govern itself democratically; so perfect a government is not for humans (opens korrents.com)1

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  1. The Social Contract (tr. G. D. H. Cole, 1913) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Social Contract, Q190126 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)
  3. The Social Contract (tr. G. D. H. Cole, 1913) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

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