Book · 1762 · Nonfiction
On the Social Contract
Penguin Books (Penguin Random House) · 356 pages
★ 7.3 editorial score
Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains. Nobody holds natural authority over anyone, Rousseau argues, so law binds you only if you helped make it. Geneva burned the book.
Time
1762Depicts Age of Enlightenment
