Quote of the day by Swiss philosopher Rousseau: ‘To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish…’

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, a Swiss philosopher, explored how society binds individuals. His famous work, The Social Contract, ...

Quote of the day by Jean-Jacques Rousseau: ‘Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains’

Rousseau’s famous line from The Social Contract reflects on freedom and control, reminding us how society can quietly place limits on human liberty.
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Dismembered: Citizen Sacrifice in Rousseau’s “The Levite of Ephraïm”

This essay seeks to explore the position of citizen sacrifice in Rousseau’s political theology from The Social Contract to “The Levite of Ephraïm.” To summarize, I contend that Rousseau’s political ...
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Famous Utopias; being the complete text of Rousseau's Social contract, More's Utopia, Bacon's New Atlantis, Campanella's City of the sun, with an introduction by Charles M. Andrews

Famous Utopias; being the complete text of Rousseau's Social contract, More's Utopia, Bacon's New Atlantis, Campanella's City of the sun, with an introduction by Charles M. Andrews ...