Interest, will and being “forced to be free” in Rousseau’s Social Contract
Certain aspects of the concept of interest are found already in the works of Plato (427-347 BC)[1] and Aristotle (384-322 BC)[2], and then in the Renaissance in political philosophy, interest becomes both philosophical and political-legal concept. A prominent place in the political and legal thought of the Enlightenment is occupied by a natural scientist, an outstanding master of artistic words, philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778).
In today's complex world, we often have to turn to the sources of social thought. When considering the relationship between man and society, it is impossible to ignore the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). It is an outstanding thinker of the French Enlightenment, philosopher, sociologist and aesthetics, author of works of art of world significance, one of the theorists of pedagogy, whose views significantly influenced the social-political thought not only of his ti...