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Full Idea
Each citizen should be perfectly independent of all the others and excessively dependent on the city.
Gist of Idea
Citizens should be independent of each other, and very dependent on the state
Source
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract (tr Cress) [1762], II.12)
Book Ref
Rousseau,Jean-Jacques: 'The Basic Political Writings', ed/tr. Cress,Donald A. [Hackett 1987], p.172
A Reaction
Unlike many other of his pronouncements, this sounds a bit like a welfare state, though I doubt if he means that. Rousseau's state, founded by the general will, seems to have a quasi-religious quality, like a devotee's love of God.