Against Rousseau

On the State of Nature and On the Sovereignty of the People are Maistre''s most comprehensive treatment of Rousseau''s ideas and his most sustained critique of the ideological foundations of the revolution. On the State of Nature, a detailed critique of Rousseau''s Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality, focuses on Rousseau''s belief in the natural goodness of man; On the Sovereignt...