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THE SOCIAL CONTRACT & DISCOURSES
BY
JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY
EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS
PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY
ROUSSEAU'S
SOCIAL CONTRACT, ETC.
TRANSLATED WITH INTRODUCTION
FELLOW OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE,
OXFORD
INTRODUCTION
A NOTE ON BOOKS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTENTS
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL
RIGHT
Fœderis æquas
Dicamus leges. (Vergil, Æneid XI.)
BOOK I
SUBJECT OF THE FIRST BOOK
THE FIRST SOCIETIES
THE RIGHT OF THE STRONGEST
SLAVERY
THAT WE MUST ALWAYS GO BACK TO A FIRST CONVENTION
THE SOCIAL COMPACT
THE SOVEREIGN
THE CIVIL STATE
REAL PROPERTY
BOOK II
THAT SOVEREIGNTY IS INALIENABLE
THAT SOVEREIGNTY IS INDIVISIBLE
WHETHER THE GENERAL WILL IS FALLIBLE
THE LIMITS OF THE SOVEREIGN POWER
THE RIGHT OF LIFE AND DEATH
LAW
THE LEGISLATOR
THE PEOPLE
THE PEOPLE (continued)
THE PEOPLE (continued)
THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS OF LEGISLATION
THE DIVISION OF THE LAWS
BOOK III
GOVERNMENT IN GENERAL
THE CONSTITUENT PRINCIPLE IN THE VARIOUS FORMS OF GOVERNMENT
THE DIVISION OF GOVERNMENTS
DEMOCRACY
ARISTOCRACY
MONARCHY
MIXED GOVERNMENTS
THAT ALL FORMS OF GOVERNMENT DO NOT SUIT ALL COUNTRIES
THE MARKS OF A GOOD GOVERNMENT
THE ABUSE OF GOVERNMENT AND ITS TENDENCY TO DEGENERATE
THE DEATH OF THE BODY POLITIC
HOW THE SOVEREIGN AUTHORITY MAINTAINS ITSELF
THE SAME (continued)
THE SAME (continued)
DEPUTIES OR REPRESENTATIVES
THAT THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT IS NOT A CONTRACT
THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT
HOW TO CHECK THE USURPATIONS OF GOVERNMENT
BOOK IV
THAT THE GENERAL WILL IS INDESTRUCTIBLE
VOTING
ELECTIONS
THE ROMAN COMITIA
THE TRIBUNATE
THE DICTATORSHIP
THE CENSORSHIP
CIVIL RELIGION
CONCLUSION
A DISCOURSE
HAS THE RESTORATION OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES HAD A PURIFYING EFFECT UPON MORALS?
MORAL EFFECTS OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
THE FIRST PART
THE SECOND PART
A DISCOURSE
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF INEQUALITY AMONG MEN, AND IS IT AUTHORISED BY NATURAL LAW?
PREFACE
A DISSERTATION
ON THE ORIGIN AND FOUNDATION OF THE INEQUALITY OF MANKIND
THE FIRST PART
THE SECOND PART
APPENDIX[1]
A DISCOURSE ON POLITICAL ECONOMY
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