Discourse on Inequality

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English-language translations of
Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes (Discourse on Inequality) (1755)
by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Rousseau first exposes in this work his conception of a human state of nature, broadly believed to be a hypothetical thought exercise and of human perfectibility, an early idea of progress. He then explains the way in which, in his view, people may have established civil society, and this leads him to conclude that private property is the original source and basis of all inequality.—WP

3921282Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes (Discourse on Inequality)Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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