The general will is always right and tends to the public advantage; but it does not follow that the deliberations of the people are always equally correct.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau Early Modern

Social contract theory

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Context

The Social Contract

Date / Period

1762

Category

Strange & Unusual

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46357/46357-h/46357-h.htm

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