The Social Contract & Discourses

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The Social Contract & Discourses by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

Contents

• THE SOCIAL CONTRACT & DISCOURSES7
• JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU8
• INTRODUCTION9
• A NOTE ON BOOKS41
• BIBLIOGRAPHY42
• THE SOCIAL CONTRACT47
• PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL RIGHT47
• Fœderis æquas Dicamus leges. (Vergil, Æneid XI.)47
• BOOK I47
• SUBJECT OF THE FIRST BOOK48
• THE FIRST SOCIETIES49
• THE RIGHT OF THE STRONGEST50
• SLAVERY51
• THAT WE MUST ALWAYS GO BACK TO A FIRST CONVENTION55
• THE SOCIAL COMPACT56
• THE SOVEREIGN58
• THE CIVIL STATE60
• REAL PROPERTY61
• BOOK II64
• THAT SOVEREIGNTY IS INALIENABLE64
• THAT SOVEREIGNTY IS INDIVISIBLE65
• WHETHER THE GENERAL WILL IS FALLIBLE67
• THE LIMITS OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER68
• THE RIGHT OF LIFE AND DEATH71
• LAW73
• THE LEGISLATOR75
• THE PEOPLE79
• THE PEOPLE (continued)80
• THE PEOPLE (continued)83
• THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF LEGISLATION85
• THE DIVISION OF THE LAWS87
• BOOK III88
• GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL88
• THE CONSTITUENT PRINCIPLE IN THE VARIOUS FORMS OF GOVERNMENT93
• THE DIVISION OF GOVERNMENTS95
• DEMOCRACY97
• ARISTOCRACY98
• MONARCHY100
• MIXED GOVERNMENTS105
• THAT ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT DO NOT SUIT ALL COUNTRIES106
• THE MARKS OF A GOOD GOVERNMENT111
• THE ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT AND ITS TENDENCY TO DEGENERATE112
• THE DEATH OF THE BODY POLITIC115
• HOW THE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY MAINTAINS ITSELF116
• THE SAME (continued)117
• THE SAME (continued)118
• DEPUTIES OR REPRESENTATIVES120
• THAT THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT A CONTRACT123
• THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT124
• HOW TO CHECK THE USURPATIONS OF GOVERNMENT125
• BOOK IV127
• THAT THE GENERAL WILL IS INDESTRUCTIBLE127
• VOTING129
• ELECTIONS132
• THE ROMAN COMITIA133
• THE TRIBUNATE142
• THE DICTATORSHIP144
• THE CENSORSHIP147
• CIVIL RELIGION148
• CONCLUSION157
• A DISCOURSE157
• HAS THE RESTORATION OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES HAD A PURIFYING EFFECT UPON MORALS?158
• MORAL EFFECTS OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES159
• THE FIRST PART160
• THE SECOND PART169
• A DISCOURSE181
• WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF INEQUALITY AMONG MEN, AND IS IT AUTHORISED BY NATURAL LAW?181
• PREFACE191
• A DISSERTATION ON THE ORIGIN AND FOUNDATION OF THE INEQUALITY OF MANKIND196
• THE FIRST PART198
• THE SECOND PART224
• APPENDIX[1]252
• A DISCOURSE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY259
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE295

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