The Social Contract
“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.” These are the famous opening words of a treatise that has not ceased to stir vigorous debate since its first publication in 1762. Rejecting the view that anyone has a natural right to wield authority over others, Rousseau argues instead for a pact, or ‘social contract’, that should exist between all the citizens of a state and that should be the source of sovereign power. From this fundamental premise, he goes on to consider issues of liberty and law, freedom and justice, arriving at a view of society that has seemed to some a blueprint for totalitarianism, to others a declaration of democratic principles.
The Social Contract
By: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Narrated by: Chuck Allen
Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
Release date: 02-20-26
Language: English
Format and Bitrate: M4B@125 kbps
Size: 288.42 MB
