Mises Daily
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Alexander Gray
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Bust of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) [From The Socialist Tradition: Moses to Lenin ] Fortunately, we are here concerned with only one side of Rousseau — assuming, indeed, that it is possible to detach for consideration one aspect of his legacy. Rousseau was primarily a writer on politics, concerned, after the manner of Hobbes and of Locke, in