What does Rousseau said in the social contract ?
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In The Social Contract (1762) Rousseau argues that laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people. His famous idea, 'man is born free, but he is everywhere in chains' challenged the traditional order of society.
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In his world famous work 'Social Contract' he said that man is born free and everywhere he is in chains......... It is necessary for man to throw off these chains, sweep away false fabric of society".
He declared that the government, law and state were the outcome of a contract with the people.
The king remained on the throne under the obligation to obey the contract. If he failed in his duty, the contract was broken and he could be deposed by the general will.
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