Jean-Jacques Rousseau on society
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) approaches society within Republicanism. The social contract makes citizens authors of law through the general will; education should protect natural development. Systematically, the teaching links freedom, inequality, education into a practical and theoretical whole. On this page, the archive isolates English passages where that project meets society most directly—useful for searches such as “jean-jacques rousseau quotes on society.”
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