The Social Contract

2009 read: “In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract. One of those books I chos......more

"لقد وجدت الثورة الفرنسية إنجيلها في كتابات روسو." قرأت في العديد من المقالات والصُحف وكتب المدرسة منذ صغري عن كتاب العقد الاجتماعي كونه أهم الكتب في السياسة وبقي اسم هذا الكاتب راسخاً في ذاكرتي. وفي الجامعة -كوني درست الأدب الفرنسي- تم إفراد مباحث خاصة في عصر التنوير وفلاسفته والثورة الفرنسية، و......more

I am so pleased I finished this book. Laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people. I found myself understanding most of this book. Particularly accurate are the following: 1) Nothing is more dangerous in public affairs than the influence of private interests. 2) Th......more

"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." One regains freedom by entering the social contract. Sovereignty lies the with people and is inalienable and indivisible. The people come together to support the general will whilst maintaining their individual freedom. The general will transcends......more

Great Philosophies Philosophy implies thinking; and thus, indicates a certain type of thought. That is exactly what this book has accomplished — combined three books that summarized a brief view of numerous philosophers’ ways of perceiving the world. Aside from all that, Social Contract theory was t......more