The true founder of civil society was the first man who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say 'This is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him.
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau Early Modern

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Discourse on the Origin and Basis of Inequality Among Men, Part II

Date / Period

1755

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Controversial

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/11197/11197-h/11197-h.htm

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