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Audiobook of the first two books of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract. Published in 1762, The Social Contract or Principles of Political Law would have a considerable influence on political ideas at the end of the 18th century and even in the 19th century. However, Rousseau presents it with modesty as a simple part of a larger work on political institutions that he would not have been able to complete. An innovative text, it was condemned both in France and in Geneva, forcing its author to a life of wandering. Reader: Colomban Illustration: First edition of the book with an engraving by Charles-Ange Boily (source Wikipedia)