... , rooted in the state of nature, and acquire the civil freedom that entails this mode of moral and rational thinking, or allows one to be fully human. In the state of nature, says Rousseau, "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (Book I: I 169). The Social Contract is meant to unfetter each individual, each irrational "animal," and help man to fully know his ... freedom by using self-control and by signing himself over to the civil state: to the communal movement towards the common good ... whole body injures the members. The transition of humankind from a state of nature to...

• Word Count: 7114
• Approx Pages: 28
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , rooted in the state of nature, and acquire the civil freedom that entails this mode of moral and rational thinking, or allows one to be fully human. In the state of nature, says Rousseau, "man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains" (Book I: I 169). The Social Contract is meant to unfetter each individual, each irrational "animal," and help man to fully know his ... freedom by using self-control and by signing himself over to the civil state: to the communal movement towards the common good ... whole body injures the members. The transition of humankind from a state of nature to...

• Word Count: 7115
• Approx Pages: 28
• Grade Level: Undergraduate