On the Social Contract "Man was born free, but everywhere he is in chains. This man believes that he is the master of others, and still he is more of a slave than they are. How did that transformation take place? I don't know. How may the restraints on man become legitimate? I do believe I can answer that question …"
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Contents
Aristocracy | 46 |
Monarchy | 47 |
Mixed Governments | 52 |
That All Forms of Government Do Not Suit All Countries | 53 |
The Marks of a Good Government | 56 |
The Abuse of Government and Its Tendency to Degenerate | 58 |
The Death of the Body Politic | 60 |
How the Sovereign Authority Maintains Itself | 61 |
BOOK II | 15 |
That Sovereignty Is Indivisible | 16 |
Whether the General Will Is Fallible | 17 |
The Limits of the Sovereign Power | 18 |
The Right of Life and Death | 21 |
Law | 23 |
The Legislator | 25 |
The People | 28 |
The People cont | 30 |
The People cont | 31 |
The Various Systems of Legislation | 34 |
The Division of the Laws | 35 |
BOOK III | 37 |
the Various Forms of Government | 41 |
The Division of Governments | 43 |
Democracy | 44 |
The Same cont | 62 |
The Same cont | 63 |
Deputies or Representatives | 64 |
That the Institution of Government Is Not a Contract | 66 |
The Institution of Government | 67 |
How to Check the Usurpations of Government | 68 |
BOOK IV | 71 |
Voting | 73 |
Elections | 75 |
The Roman Comitia | 76 |
The Tribunate | 84 |
The Dictatorship | 85 |
The Censorship | 88 |
Civil Religion | 89 |
Conclusion | 97 |