Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction ix
5. Critical Bibliography xxxi
6. A Note on the Text xxxvii
7. Abbreviations xxxix
8. On the State of Nature
9. {Man Is Sociable in His Essence} 3
10. Man Born Evil in a Part of His Essence 34
11. On the Sovereignty of the People
12. On the Origins of Sovereignty
13. On the Sovereignty of the People 45
14. The Origin of Society 48
15. Of Sovereignty in General 53
16. Of Particular Sovereignties and Nations 55
17. Examination of Some of Rousseau's Ideas on the Legislator 60
18. Continuation of the Same Subject 63
19. Of Founders and the Political Constitution of Nations 66
20. The Weakness of Human Power 75
21. Continuation of the Same Subject 83
22. Of the National Soul 87
23. Application of the Preceding Principles to a Particular Case 90
24. Continuation of the Same Subject 102
25. Necessary Elucidation 109
26. On the Nature of Sovereignty
27. On the Nature of Sovereignty in General 115
28. Of Monarchy 119
29. Of Aristocracy 135
30. Of Democracy 142
31. Of the Best Kind of Sovereignty 156
32. Continuation of the Same Subject 159
33. Summary of Rousseau's Judgements on the Different Forms of Government 173
34. Index 195