Jean-Jacques Rousseau — "The true founder of civil society was the first man who, having enclosed a plot …"

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.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Early Modern · Social contract theory

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Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men, Part II

Date: 1755

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