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Discourse on Inequality
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The Discourse on Inequality offers a conjectural account of dependence and unequal institutions. It should not be mistaken for an established history of human origins.
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Guided course · Module 9 · Lesson 53
Freedom, inequality and a common will
Rousseau traces how inequality grows and argues that citizens could remain free as joint authors of the law. A majority’s victory, the lesson warns, is not the same as the general will.