Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Overview

A strikingly original inquiry into politics and human nature, the Discourse presents a theoretical view of people in a pre-social condition and the ensuing effects of civilization. In his sweeping account of social and political development, the author develops a theory of evolution that prefigures Darwinism and encompasses aspects of ethics, sociology, and epistemology. One of the most influential works of the Enlightenment, the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality offers both a thought-provoking account of society's origins and a keen criticism of unequal political institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780486111865
Publisher:	Dover Publications
Publication date:	02/13/2012
Series:	Dover Thrift Editions: Philosophy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
File size:	638 KB
Age Range:	14 - 18 Years

About the Author

Franklin Philip is the prize-winning translator of numerous French texts. Patrick Coleman is the author of Rousseau's Political Imagination (1984).