This dissertation is focused on philosophical interpretation of Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s work Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among and on critical philosophical evaluation. The dissertation is divided into three parts. First part focuses on Rousseau’s speech to Republic of Geneva and his preface to the discourse, where he lays down the philosophical foundation for the reading of the Discourse. Second part focuses on the first part of the Discourse, where Rousseau writes about the natural state of mankind and the origins of the inequality among men. The third part focuses on second part of the Discourse, where Rousseau exposed the critic of the modern society and personal property. Rousseau expresses that both concepts present egoism, origin of evil and lack of compassion for other living beings.
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