Lines by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genevan philosopher and writer · 1712–1778
Jean-Jacques Rousseau wrote on education, music, inequality and the state. The Social Contract asks how people can live under laws and still be free.
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
L’homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.
The Social Contract, Book I, Chapter 1
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