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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“The first man, who, after enclosing a piece of ground, took it into his head to say, "This is mine," and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society.”

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
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Discourse on the Origin of Inequality Discourse on the Origin of Inequality by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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