The Social Contract: Man Was Born Free, and He Is Everywhere in Chains
The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.

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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The Social Contract: Man Was Born Free, and He Is Everywhere in Chains
The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.

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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The Social Contract: Man Was Born Free, and He Is Everywhere in Chains

The Social Contract: Man Was Born Free, and He Is Everywhere in Chains

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Social Contract: Man Was Born Free, and He Is Everywhere in Chains

The Social Contract: Man Was Born Free, and He Is Everywhere in Chains

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.

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.

 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780143037491
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 05/30/2006
Series: Penguin Great Ideas
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 4.40(w) x 7.10(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

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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