Discourse on Inequality

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

English-language translations of Discours sur l’origine et les fondements de l’inégalité parmi les hommes include:

A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, anonymous translation owned by John Adams
Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Among Men, 1913 Cole translation
Disours sur l'Inégalité , trans. by Charles Edwyn Vaughan (1915) (transcription project)

Discourse on Inequality

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