What is one major topic of this excerpt from the
document?
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to
surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For
him who renounces everything no indemnity is possible.
Such a renunciation is incompatible with man's nature;
to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all
morality from his acts. Finally, it is an empty and
contradictory convention that sets up, on the one side,
absolute authority, and, on the other, unlimited
obedience.
- The Social Contract,
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
the value of nature
the importance of equality
the freedom of individuals
the need for sacrifice