This iconic quote is from the opening line of Jean- Jacques Rousseau's influential treatise "The Social Contract," published in 1762. It encapsulates his critique of societal structures that he believed inhibited human freedom.
Who said that "Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains"?
Asked in POST GRADUATE TEACHER (PGT) 2018 · Topic: Scientific Revolution and Enlightenment (Major Enlightenment thinkers and their contributions (Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Adam Smith))
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