Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
A strikingly original inquiry into politics and human nature, the Discourse presents a theoretical view of people in a pre-social condition and the ensuing effects of civilization. The author develops a theory of evolution that prefigures Darwinism and encompasses aspects of ethics, sociology, and epistemology. One of the most influential works of the Enlightenment.
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Shape Mismatch@shape_mismatch
Favorite takeaway from the Modernity and Political Theory course. Give it a thorough read. In my understanding and interpretations, it stitches together Plato's Republic to The Leviathan in a far fetched manner.
Isabela H @isabelah
Although Rousseau presented a lot of good points and a cohesive argument, I did not like this essay very much.
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