| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 47371 |
| QUOTATION: | Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Jean-Jacques Rousseau (17121778), French philosopher, social critic. The Social Contract, p. 49, trans. by Maurice Cranston, Pelican-Penguin, Baltimore (1968).
Rousseaus picture of mans place in society. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Rousseau Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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