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Basic Political Writings

✍ Scribed by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Donald Cress (trans.)


Publisher
Hackett Pub Co
Year
1987
Tongue
English
Leaves
244
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


'The publication of these excellent translations is a happy occasion for teachers of courses in political philosophy and the history of political theory...' - Raymon M Lemos, "Teaching Philosophy".

✦ Table of Contents


Title......Page 3
TOC......Page 5
Translators Note......Page 6
Translators intro......Page 7
Rousseau Bibliography......Page 18
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences......Page 21
Forward......Page 22
Preface......Page 23
Discourse Intro......Page 24
Part One......Page 25
Part Two......Page 32
Discourse on inequality......Page 45
Letter to the Republic of Geneva......Page 47
Preface......Page 55
Discourse Intro......Page 59
Part One......Page 61
Part Two......Page 82
Notes to discourse on inequality......Page 105
Discourse on Political Economy......Page 133
missing pp. 112-121......Page 134
Social Contract......Page 151
Foreword......Page 152
I. Subject of First Book......Page 153
II. Of the First Societies......Page 154
III. On the Right of the Strongest......Page 155
IV. On Slavery......Page 156
VI. On the Social Compact......Page 159
VII. On the Sovereign......Page 161
VIII. On the Civil State......Page 162
IX. On the Real [i.e. proprietary] Domain......Page 163
I. That Sovereignty Is Inalienable......Page 165
II. That Sovereignty is Indivisible......Page 166
III. Whether the General Will Can Err......Page 167
IV. Limits of Sovereign Power......Page 168
V. Right of Life or Death......Page 171
VI. On Law......Page 172
VII. Legislator......Page 174
VIII. On the People......Page 177
IX. The People (continued)......Page 179
X. The People (continued)......Page 180
XI. On the Various Systems of Legislation......Page 182
XII. Classification of the Laws......Page 184
I. Government in General......Page 185
II. On the Principle that Constitutes the Various Forms of Government......Page 188
III. Classification of Governments......Page 190
IV. Democracy......Page 191
V. Aristocracy......Page 193
VI. Monarchy......Page 194
VII. Mixed Government......Page 198
VIII. Not All Forms of Government Are Suited to All Countries......Page 199
IX. On the Signs of Good Government......Page 202
X. On the Abuse of Government and Its Tendency to Degenerate......Page 204
XI. On the Death of the Body Politic......Page 206
XIII. Continuation......Page 207
XV. On Deputies or Representatives......Page 209
XVI. That the Institution of Government is Not a Contract......Page 212
XVII. On the Institution of Government......Page 213
XVIII. The Means of Preventing Usurpations of the Government......Page 214
I. That the General Will is Indestructible......Page 215
II. On Voting......Page 217
III. On Elections......Page 219
IV. On the Roman Comitia......Page 220
V. On the Tribunate......Page 227
VI. On Dictatorship......Page 228
VII. On the Censorship......Page 231
VIII. On Civil Religion......Page 232
IX. Conclusion......Page 239


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