Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men (French: Discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'in galit parmi les hommes), also commonly known as the "Second Discourse", is a work by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Rousseau first exposes in this work his conception of a human state of nature, presented as a philosophical fiction and of human perfectibility, an early idea of progress. He then explains the way, according to him, people may have established civil society, which leads him to present private property as the original source and basis of all inequality.

Dans le Discours sur l' conomie politique, Rousseau forme deux l ments essentiels de sa pens e politique: la notion de la volont g n rale et la distinction entre souverainet et gouvernement. Pourtant, la place centrale qui revient cette oeuvre ne lui a pas t reconnue. D'abord publi e (en 1755) comme article de l'Encyclop die, elle a longtemps t consid r e comme marqu e par l'influence de Diderot. Son objet, l' conomie, semblait tranger aux pr occupations essentielles de Rousseau. Le commentaire propos cherche d gager l'unit et la sp cificit de l'oeuvre: il analyse le processus d'invention de la volont g n rale et l' mergence des probl mes d cisifs li s cette notion; il restitue son sens l' conomie politique dans la pens e de Rousseau; il situe son intervention, centrale parce que singuli re, dans les d bats de son temps. C'est sans doute ce qui fait aussi son int r t pr sent: parce que l'administration des choses, ses yeux, doit d pendre de celle des hommes, Rousseau lie les questions du patriotisme, de l' ducation publique celles de la propri t et de l'imp t. Il affirme clairement que l' conomie doit tre pens e sous la politique parce que l' galit est la condition de la libert .

Rousseau's classic treatise of political philosophy espouses ideas and reforms radical for their time. The Social Contract explores the conflict between a society devoted to a prospering and healthy community, and the interests of commercial enterprise. The thoughtful analysis of society, which at the time was on the cusp of beginning the industrial revolution, and crucially Rousseau's rejection of the monarch's principle of the Divine Right, led to the document becoming an inspiration for the French Revolution. Rousseau argued for personal freedoms and a community where every member has a say. He was vigorously against slavery, and the subjugation of populations brought under the sway of a state. Instead, Rousseau proposed a system whereby the state represents and serves the best interest of its population, to the enrichment and betterment of the general society - it is this principle which encapsulates the philosophy espoused in The Social Contract.

Rousseau's classic treatise of political philosophy espouses ideas and reforms radical for their time. The Social Contract explores the conflict between a society devoted to a prospering and healthy community, and the interests of commercial enterprise. The thoughtful analysis of society, which at the time was on the cusp of beginning the industrial revolution, and crucially Rousseau's rejection of the monarch's principle of the Divine Right, led to the document becoming an inspiration for the French Revolution. Rousseau argued for personal freedoms and a community where every member has a say. He was vigorously against slavery, and the subjugation of populations brought under the sway of a state. Instead, Rousseau proposed a system whereby the state represents and serves the best interest of its population, to the enrichment and betterment of the general society - it is this principle which encapsulates the philosophy espoused in The Social Contract.

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