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Discourse on Inequality. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Maurice Cranston. Penguin Books. 1984. (Reprint Edition) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Maurice (Introduction By) Cranston, Maurice Rousseau Cranston, Maurice William Cranston Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1985 ISBN-10: 0-14-044439-4 / 0140444394 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044439-1 / 9780140444391 In "A Discourse on Inequality, " Rousseau sets out to demonstrate how the growth of civilization corrupts man s natural happiness and freedom by creating artificial inequalities of wealth, power and social privilege. Contending that primitive man was equal to his fellows, Rousseau believed that as s |