Rousseau - Du Contrat Social - 1790
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Rousseau, author and illustrator, presents Du Contrat Social, a single 1790 réédition in French in-12 of 163 pages with a demi basane binding, measuring 17 cm by 10 cm, in Bon condition.
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In The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau seeks to understand how to establish a just society. He asserts that political power comes neither from God nor a king, but from the people. Individuals agree to unite through a contract where each relinquishes part of their natural freedom to gain civil liberty protected by law. Sovereignty belongs to the people, who express the general will, always oriented towards the common good. This work revolutionizes political thought and deeply inspires modern democratic ideas.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) is a major philosopher of the Enlightenment. Self-taught and often marginalized, he criticizes society, inequalities, and progress, which he believes corrupts man. His ideas on liberty, education (Émile), and politics (The Social Contract) revolutionized his era. Challenged and sometimes persecuted, he nonetheless exerts a decisive influence on the French Revolution and modern democratic thought.
ROUSSEAU - The Social Contract or Principles of Political Law.
Paris, 1790
Complete in 1 volume, in-12 [163 pages].
Period-style half morocco binding in good condition. Wear from use on the corners and spine ends. Scuffing on the covers. Interior well-preserved. Very light scattered foxing.
A fine copy of this major work of political philosophy.
In The Social Contract, Jean-Jacques Rousseau seeks to understand how to establish a just society. He asserts that political power comes neither from God nor a king, but from the people. Individuals agree to unite through a contract where each relinquishes part of their natural freedom to gain civil liberty protected by law. Sovereignty belongs to the people, who express the general will, always oriented towards the common good. This work revolutionizes political thought and deeply inspires modern democratic ideas.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) is a major philosopher of the Enlightenment. Self-taught and often marginalized, he criticizes society, inequalities, and progress, which he believes corrupts man. His ideas on liberty, education (Émile), and politics (The Social Contract) revolutionized his era. Challenged and sometimes persecuted, he nonetheless exerts a decisive influence on the French Revolution and modern democratic thought.
ROUSSEAU - The Social Contract or Principles of Political Law.
Paris, 1790
Complete in 1 volume, in-12 [163 pages].
Period-style half morocco binding in good condition. Wear from use on the corners and spine ends. Scuffing on the covers. Interior well-preserved. Very light scattered foxing.
A fine copy of this major work of political philosophy.
Details
Number of Books
1
Subject
Philosophy, Politics
Book Title
Du Contrat Social
Author/ Illustrator
Rousseau
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1790
Height
17 cm
Edition
Reprint
Width
10 cm
Language
French
Original language
Yes
Number of pages
163
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