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.