Discourse on Inequality
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Discourse on Inequality
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Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men, also commonly known as the "Second Discourse", is a 1755 treatise by philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, on the topic of social inequality and its origins. The work was written in 1754 as Rousseau's entry in a competition by the Academy of Dijon, and was published in 1755. Rousseau first exposes in this work his conception of a human state of nature and of human perfectibility, an early idea of progress. He then explains the way in which,
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1755 treatise by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_Inequality
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2004-08-19T01:07:19Z
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2024-08-30T02:53:22Z
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