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Discourse on Inequality

France · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1755

Jean-Jacques Rousseau1755

Amsterdam · Humanities / Philosophy

Rousseau publishes the Discourse on Inequality, tracing social domination and artificial inequality.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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