The true founder of civil society was the first man who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say 'This is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him.
Social contract theory
The true founder of civil society was the first man who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say 'This is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him.
Social contract theory
Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men, Part II
1755
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