The Social Contract, written by the influential philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a foundational work of modern political thought that has had a significant impact on the world. It examines the complex relationship between individuals and the state, and explores how people can form a society based on a mutual agreement about the rights and responsibilities of citizens. Rousseau argues that people can create a society in which everyone is free and equal, a society that is based on a social contract that is agreed upon by all. This groundbreaking work has been inspiring political and social reformers for centuries, and it remains an essential text for understanding the history of political thought. This edition is excerpted from the 1920 translation by G.D.H. Cole (1889-1959). Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a philosopher, author and political theorist who lived in the 18th century and is considered one of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland in 1712 and died in 1778. Rousseau’s ideas had a profound impact on the development of modern political thought, particularly in terms of his advocacy for democracy and the rights of the individual. He was a major influence on the French Revolution and the development of the modern social contract. Rousseau’s most famous works include The Social Contract, his autobiography Confessions, and his novel Emile. His ideas on education and government were revolutionary for the time an had a lasting impact on the way people think about these topics. He was a strong advocate for democracy, believing that it was the only form of government that could protect the rights of the individual. He also argued for a more equitable distribution of wealth and resources and believed that people should be free to pursue their own interests. Rousseau’s philosophy has been widely studied and discussed since his death, and his works continue to be read and discussed today. He is considered one of the most important figures of the Enlightenment and his legacy of political and social reform lives on. His work has profoundly shaped modern political thought and continues to be an important reference point for political theorists and philosopher.
The Social Contract
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This book is a foundational text for understanding political philosophy, democracy, and the relationship between individuals and the state.
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The Social Contract
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This book is a foundational text in political philosophy, providing students with insight into theories of government, rights, and society.
Rousseau has suffered as much as any one from critics without a sense of history. He has been cried up and cried down by democrats and oppressors with an equal lack of understanding and imagination. His name, a hundred and fifty years after the publication of the Social Contract, is still a controversial watchword and a party cry. He is accepted as one of the greatest writers France has produced; but even now men are inclined, as political bias prompts them, to accept or reject his political doctrines as a whole, without sifting them or attempting to understand and discriminate. He is still revered or hated as the author who, above all others, inspired the French Revolution. At the present day, his works possess a double significance. They are important historically, alike as giving us an insight into the mind of the eighteenth century, and for the actual influence they have had on the course of events in Europe. Certainly no other writer of the time has exercised such an influence as his. He may fairly be called the parent of the romantic movement in art, letters and life; he affected profoundly the German romantics and Goethe himself; he set the fashion of a new introspection which has permeated nineteenth century literature; he began modern educational theory; and, above all, in political thought he represents the passage from a traditional theory rooted in the Middle Ages to the modern philosophy of the State. His influence on Kant’s moral philosophy and on Hegel’s philosophy of Right are two sides of the same fundamental contribution to modern thought. He is, in fact, the great forerunner of German and English Idealism. – G. D. H. Cole
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