1. Social Contract
... sovereign, and is charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of liberty, both civil and political" (Book III: I 222). The prince, or magistrate, is the name given to the body or the man in charge of executing the executive power. The sovereign and the general will create ... and much more effective. "The reputation of the State is better maintained abroad by a body of venerable senators than by a multitude of unknown persons of little account", explains Rousseau (Book III: V 234-235). Hereditary aristocracy is considered to be the worst kind of aristocracy, seeing as how ...
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