Book I, Chapter 8
Distinguishes natural liberty (limited by individual strength) from civil liberty (limited by general will) and moral liberty (obedience to self-prescribed law).
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From The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The transition from state of nature to civil state exchanges natural liberty for civil and moral liberty, the latter making man truly master of himself.
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