Rousseau, Jean Jacques. 1913. Social Contract & Discourses

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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.

—Slavery

Jean Jacques
Rousseau

Social Contract & Discourses

Jean Jacques Rousseau

CONTENTS

Bibliographic Record Introduction A Note on Books Bibliography

NEW YORK: E. P. DUTTON & Co., 1913
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2010

The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right Foreword Book I. Introduction I. Subject of the First Book II. The First Societies III. The Right of the Strongest IV. Slavery V. That We Must Always Go Back to a First Convention VI. The Social Compact VII. The Sovereign VIII. The Civil State IX. Real Property Book II. I. That Sovereignty Is Inalienable II. That Sovereignty Is Indivisible III. Whether the General Will Is Fallible IV. The Limits of the Sovereign Power V. The Right of Life and Death VI. Law VII. The Legislator VIII. The People IX. The People (continued) X. The People (continued) XI. The Various Systems of Legislation XII. The Division of the Laws Book III. Introduction I. Government in General II. The Constituent Principle in the Various Forms of Government III. The Division of Governments IV. Democracy V. Aristocracy VI. Monarchy VII. Mixed Governments VIII. That All Forms of Government Do Not Suit All Countries IX. The Marks of a Good Government X. The Abuse of Government and Its Tendency to Degenerate XI. The Death of the Body Politic XII. How the Sovereign Authority Maintains Itself XIII. The Same (continued) XIV. The Same (continued) XV. Deputies or Representatives XVI. That the Institution of Government Is Not a Contract XVII. The Institution of Government XVIII. How to Check the Usurpations of Government Book IV. I. That the General Will Is Indestructible II. Voting III. Elections IV. The Roman Comitia V. The Tribunate VI. The Dictatorship VII. The Censorship VIII. Civil Religion IX. Conclusion A Discourse on the Moral Effects of the Arts and Sciences Preface Introduction The First Part The Second Part A Dissertation on the Origin and Foundation of the Inequality of Mankind Dedication to the Republic of Geneva Preface Introduction The First Part The Second Part Appendix A Discourse on Political Economy

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