Another work by this man argues that society is only better than nature if it is guided by human reason.
One work by this thinker condemns the development of the title disciplines because they are based in vanity, not true human needs, and rejects senseless growth of knowledge if it suppresses individual liberty. Another work by this man argues that society is only better than nature if it is guided by human reason. This man argued that society's vices arose from the corruption of naive self-love into jealous egotism, or amour propre. This author of Discourse on Arts and Sciences and Discourse on Inequality distinguished between the specific government and the abstract sovereign made up of citizens in a work that begins "man is born free but everywhere he is in chains." For 10 points, identify this French philosopher who wrote The Social Contract.
One work by this thinker condemns the development of the title disciplines because they are based in vanity, not true human needs, and rejects senseless growth of knowledge if it suppresses individual liberty.
Jean-Jacques {Rousseau}