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On Rousseau's Thought of "The Public Will"

Jun Ming Zhou

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The public will is core of Rousseau' political theory and also is key to engendering all sorts of different meanings.Rousseau embarked on explanation about the public will from his true freedom and equality,which has completely come into being opposite conclusion to his original intention.Therefore,Rousseau has also become a disputed character in history.The democracy and autocracy all seek basis from his political theory.The article tries from concept of the public will to make a simple reconsidering about Rousseau's thought of the public will.

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The public will is core of Rousseau' political theory and also is key to engendering all sorts of different meanings.Rousseau embarked on explanation about the public will from his true freedom and equality,which has completely come into being opposite conclusion to his original intention.Therefore,Rousseau has also become a disputed character in history.The democracy and autocracy all seek basis from his political theory.The article tries from concept of the public will to make a simple reconsidering about Rousseau's thought of the public will.

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The public will is core of Rousseau' political theory and also is key to engendering all sorts of different meanings.Rousseau embarked on explanation about the public will from his true freedom and equality,which has completely come into being opposite conclusion to his original intention.Therefore,Rousseau has also become a disputed character in history.The democracy and autocracy all seek basis from his political theory.The article tries from concept of the public will to make a simple reconsidering about Rousseau's thought of the public will.

Key concepts: Autocracy, Politics, Character (mathematics), Democracy, General will, Political philosophy, Simple (philosophy), Epistemology

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