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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality

Discourse on the Origin of Inequality  

Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Patrick Coleman (ed.)

Published in Print: 
23 April 2009
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191923104
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199555420.001.0001
Format: 
book
ISBN: 
9780199555420
In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process. If inequality is intolerable - and Rousseau shows ... More
A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary

A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary  

Voltaire, John Fletcher (ed.), and Nicholas Cronk (ed.)

Published in Print: 
25 September 2011
Published Online: 
16 December 2020
eISBN: 
9780191921858
DOI: 
10.1093/owc/9780199553631.001.0001
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book
ISBN: 
9780199553631
‘What can you say to a man who tells you he prefers obeying God rather than men, and that as a result he's certain he'll go to heaven if he cuts your throat?’ Voltaire's Pocket ... More

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