| A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation of the Inequality Among Mankind Contributor(s): Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798706435400 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological |
| Physical Information: 0.12" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.36 lbs) 60 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Book Excerptin regard to them, what other weaker species are, whofind means to subsist notwithstanding; he has even this greatadvantage over such weaker species, that being equally fleet withthem, and finding on every tree an almost inviolable asylum, he isalways at liberty to take it or leave it, as he likes best, and ofcourse to fight or to fly, whichever is most agreeable to him. To thiswe may add that no animal naturally makes war upon man, except in thecase of self-defence or extreme hunger; nor ever expresses against himany of these violent antipathies, which seem to indicate that someparticular species are intended by nature for the food of others.But there are other more formidable enemies, and against which man isnot provided with the same means of defence; I mean naturalinfirmities, infancy, old age, and sickness of every kind, melancholyproofs of our weakness, whereof the two first are common to allanimals, and the last chiefly attends man living in a state ofsociety. It is even observable inRead More |