The Social Contract (French-English Text) (French Edition)

“Du contract social” was written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in 1762. In it Rousseau sets about establishing the prerequisites for the modern democratic state. Its impact is so deep and the insight so revolutionary that the term “social contract” is now an established part of political philosophy. Here Rousseau's French text is reproduced side by side with G. D. H. Cole's classic English translation. L’homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers. Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.