and freedom were not new ideas. Many political theorists such as Thomas Hobbes and John Locke had already developed their own interpretations of liberty, and in fact Locke had already published his views on the social contract. What Rousseau did was to revolutionize the concepts encompassed by such weighty words, and introduce us to another approach to the social contract dilemma. What would bring man to leave the state of nature, and enter into an …showed first 75 words of 1798 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1798 total…in 18th century Europe. This becomes clear in the first line of his discourse: "Man was/is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."(8) The society which he presents certainly solves many of the problems present in these societies, and it appears that the citizens certainly would benefit from its formation. However the logic he uses to develop this society from a state of nature simply does not work. Rousseau perhaps woul ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**