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Ideas for 'The Social Contract (tr Cress)', 'On Political Reactions' and 'Gorgias'

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25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
Do most people like equality because they are second-rate? [Plato]
The social compact imposes conventional equality of rights on people who may start unequally [Rousseau]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
Does nature imply that it is right for better people to have greater benefits? [Plato]
No citizen should be rich enough to buy another, and none so poor as forced to sell himself [Rousseau]