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Did Jean-Jacques Rousseau say “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”?

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Did Jean-Jacques Rousseau say “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains”?

Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Source and location below.

No-one could help understanding the central problem of the _Social Contract_ immediately, were it not that its doctrines often seem to be strangely formulated. We have seen that this strangeness is due to Rousseau's historical position, to his use of the political concepts current in his own age, and to his natural tendency to build on the foundations laid by his predecessors. There are a great ma
The Social Contract & Discourses — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, ¶29 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #46333 · source
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. How did this change come about? I do not know. What can make it legitimate? That question I think I can answer.
The Social Contract & Discourses — Jean-Jacques Rousseau, CHAPTER I · ¶118 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #46333 · source
"Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains."
Introduction to the Science of Sociology — Robert E. Park, CHAPTER I · ¶478 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #28496 · source

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