A discourse on inequality / Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Equality.

Natural law.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Philosophical Library, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A fascinating examination of the relationship between civilization and inequality from one of history's greatest minds The first man to erect a fence around a piece of land and declare it his own founded civil society-and doomed mankind to millennia of war and famine. The dawn of modern civilization, argues Jean-Jacques Rousseau in this essential treatise on human nature, was also the beginning of inequality. One of the great thinkers of the Enlightenment, Rousseau based his work in compassion for his fellow man. The great crime of despotism, he believed, was the raising of the cruel above the weak. In this landmark text, he spells out the antidote for man's ills: a compassionate revolution to pull up the fences and restore the balance of mankind. This ebook has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

QUESTION PROPOSED BY THE ACADEMY OF DIJON

A DISCOURSE UPON THE ORIGIN AND THE FOUNDATION OF THE INEQUALITY AMONG MANKIND

FIRST PART

SECOND PART

Copyright.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 6, 2016).

ISBN:

9781504035477

150403547X

OCLC:

946708593