Book I, Chapter 4
'To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man.' Argues slavery contracts are null and void.
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From The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Rousseau rejects Grotius's and Hobbes's arguments that people can legitimately alienate their freedom to a master.
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