What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he gains is civil liberty and the proprietorship of all he possesses.


Ideal empires and republics (ed. 1901)

Jean-Baptiste Rousseau Quotes

What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he...

What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he...

What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he...

What man loses by the social contract is his natural liberty and an unlimited right to everything he tries to get and succeeds in getting; what he...