The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.

A l'egard du droit de conquete, il n'a d'autre fondement que la loi du plus fort.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The Social Contract

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Imperialism

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Source

The Social Contract

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Language

French

Time

1762 1760s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 1, ch. 4.

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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 1, ch. 4.

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Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry by James Boswell. 6 July 1763.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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The pleasure of love is in the loving. We are happier in the passion we feel than in that we arouse.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Reflections
Medium
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Time
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

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