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A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

Portrait of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Maurice Quentin de La Tour (Life time: 1788) · Public domain

4 chapters, about 27,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

  1. INTRODUCTORY NOTE 500 words
  2. QUESTION PROPOSED BY THE ACADEMY OF DIJON 1,200 words
  3. DISCOURSE FIRST PART 12,400 words
  4. SECOND PART 12,500 words

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