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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about freedom from The Social Contract (1762) - At the other extremity of the circle, unanimity recurs; this is the case when the citizens, having fallen into servitude, have lost both liberty and will.

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“ At the other extremity of the circle, unanimity recurs; this is the case when the citizens, having fallen into servitude, have lost both liberty and will. ”

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Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Source

The Social Contract

Topic

freedom slavery will

Date

1762

Language

English

Reference

Of the Social Contract, or Principles of Political Law, Book IV

Note

Translated by George Douglas Howard Cole

Weblink

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Social_Contract/Book_IV

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about freedom from The Social Contract (1762) - At the other extremity of the circle, unanimity recurs; this is the case when the citizens, having fallen into servitude, have lost both liberty and will.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about freedom from The Social Contract (1762) - At the other extremity of the circle, unanimity recurs; this is the case when the citizens, having fallen into servitude, have lost both liberty and will.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about freedom from The Social Contract (1762) - At the other extremity of the circle, unanimity recurs; this is the case when the citizens, having fallen into servitude, have lost both liberty and will.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau quote about freedom from The Social Contract (1762) - At the other extremity of the circle, unanimity recurs; this is the case when the citizens, having fallen into servitude, have lost both liberty and will.