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しゃかいけいやくろん 社会契約論
Noun
1. social contract theory (e.g. Rousseau's)
Wikipedia definition
2. The Social ContractOf The Social Contract, Or Principles of Political Right (Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is the book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way in which to set up a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality. Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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