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 | On the Social Contract by Rousseau, Jean-Jacques ( Author ) ON Jan-01-1988, Paperback by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Donald A. Cress (Translator), Peter Gay (Intro.) Paperback, 109 Pages, Published 1988 ISBN-10: 0-87220-068-X / 087220068X ISBN-13: 978-0-87220-068-5 / 9780872200685 "Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains." Thus begins Rousseau's influential 1762 work, in which he argues that all government is fundamentally flawed and that modern society is based on a system of inequality. The philosopher posits that a good government can justify its need for individ | |