ROUSSEAU, Jean Jacques.

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Du contrat social, ou principes du droit politique. First Didot edition, the grandest edition of Rousseau's treatise, noted for its size and elegant typography.First published in 1762, "The Contract Social remains Rousseau's greatest work. With no particular learning, no gift for logic, and a total lack of practical experience, he yet contrived to write a work of compelling eloquence... His work had the most profound influence on the political thinking of the generation following its publication. It was, after all, the first great emotional plea for the equality of all men" (PMM).

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