Rousseau's claim that legitimate authority rests on the 'general will' of a free people. Its opening line—'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains'—became a rallying cry of revolution.
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1762 · Book · Public Domain
Rousseau's claim that legitimate authority rests on the 'general will' of a free people. Its opening line—'Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains'—became a rallying cry of revolution.