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Jean Jacques Rousseau

Christopher Bertram · Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · 2023

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EstablishedThe Social Contract and Emile both appeared in 1762; Emile was condemned in Paris and both works in Geneva. In the Social Contract Rousseau held that a state is legitimate only if guided by the general will of its members.