Download or read book Discourse on the Origin of Inequality written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful, passionate explanation of the roots of social inequality, Rousseau's "Discourse "influenced virtually every major philosopher of the Enlightenment. It remains among the 18th-century's most provocative and frequently studied works.