Jean-Jacques Rousseau: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from Jean-Jacques Rousseau, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains'
Jean-Jacques Rousseau opened The Social Contract (1762) with that line, then spent the book asking how people could live under laws and still be free. His answer was the 'general w…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract
Rousseau argued people are born free, yet civilization puts them in chains
In his 1762 work, Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued legitimate political authority comes only from a 'social contract' in which individuals submit to the collective 'general will' of th…
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract

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