Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 1712-1778.,

A discourse on inequality / [print] Jean-Jacques Rousseau ; translated with an introduction and notes by Maurice Cranston. - Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, New York, U.S.A. : Penguin Books, (c)1984. - 187 pages ; 19 cm. - Penguin classics . - Penguin classics. .

Translation of: Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inegalite parmi les hommes.

Includes bibliographical references.

Forward -- Introduction -- Discourse on the origins and foundations of inequality among men -- Rousseau's notes -- Abbreviations used in editor's introduction and notes -- Editor's notes.

A republication of French author and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau's eighteenth-century text in which he discusses the negative impact of civilization on man's natural happiness and freedom.



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Equality.
Natural law.
Political science.

Equality - Philosophical perspectives

JC179.C891.D573 1984