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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality (Masterplots, Definitive Revised Edition)

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The DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN OF INEQUALITY is one of the early works in which Rousseau examines and expounds his rebellion against the social order as it exists, a revolt that the writer was to continue throughout his life. Rousseau believed that the evils which plague mankind have their origins not in sin but in man’s departure from the natural state, in which man was happy and good. This is the typical Romantic view of the Noble Savage.

In his inquiry into the origins of inequality, Rousseau begins with man, the core and motivation of his...

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