1. Social Contract
... us contributes to the group his person and the powers which he wields as a person under the supreme direction of the general will each individual forming an indivisible part of the whole" (Book I: VI 181). Rousseau strongly accentuates a bias towards civil society and the strict construction of the formula and the functions of each ... their autonomy - enabling them to be self-governing. Rousseau's answer is rather ambiguous, stating, "each man alienates by the social compact, only such part of his powers, goods and liberty as it is important for the community to control; but it must als...
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