Project Gutenberg 2016-11-25 Public domain in the USA. 104 Rousseau, Jean-Jacques 1712 1778 Rousseau, J. J. (Jean-Jacques) Rousseau, Jean Jacques Lehtonen, J. V. (Johannes Vihtori) 1883 1948 Lehtonen, Johannes Vihtori Lehtonen, Vihtori Du contrat social. Finnish Yhteiskuntasopimuksesta, eli, Valtio-oikeuden johtavat aatteet Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Social_Contract Wikipedia page about this book: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yhteiskuntasopimuksesta E-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen "Yhteiskuntasopimuksesta, eli, Valtio-oikeuden johtavat aatteet" by Jean-Jacques Rousseau is a philosophical treatise that was likely written in the late 18th century. This work explores the concepts of social contracts, the nature of political authority, and the relationship between individual freedom and society. Rousseau seeks to understand how people can maintain their natural rights while forming a collective government and addresses themes of justice, equality, and the corruption of human nature by society. At the start of the text, Rousseau asserts that humans are born free but are confounded by societal constraints, and he aims to investigate how this transformation occurs. He introduces the idea that the original and natural form of society is the family unit, where freedom is innate until external pressures create hierarchies. Rousseau challenges the notion of the divine rights of kings and critiques the idea that might makes right, establishing a foundation for his argument that any legitimate authority stems from a social contract based on mutual agreement and common welfare. This opening lays the groundwork for Rousseau's philosophical exploration of governance, individual liberty, and societal organization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 23.2 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. fi Political science Social contract JC Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Politics 393984 2025-07-21T10:32:11.675653 text/html 393801 393734 2024-09-22T09:10:16.284909 2023-09-23T07:35:29.320542 text/html text/html 238264 2025-07-21T10:32:19.551622 application/epub+zip 244007 2025-07-21T10:32:15.483639 application/epub+zip 208076 2025-07-21T10:32:14.058620 application/epub+zip 555512 2025-07-21T10:32:22.586629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 536228 2025-07-21T10:32:18.717638 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486832 2022-09-24T10:56:02.648752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 368576 2025-07-21T10:32:11.304654 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 348633 2024-10-23T01:25:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19178 2025-07-21T10:32:22.729589 application/rdf+xml 25958 2025-07-21T10:32:14.551629 image/jpeg 4594 2025-07-21T10:32:14.300624 image/jpeg 239615 2025-07-21T10:32:11.708672 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fi.wikipedia fr.wikipedia