Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
- ISBN-10
- 0192839810
- ISBN-13
- 9780192839817
- Category
- Equality
- Pages
- 180
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Description
A powerful, passionate explanation of the roots of social inequality, Rousseau's "Discourse "influenced virtually every major philosopher of the Enlightenment. It remains among the 18th-century's most provocative and frequently studied works.
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