Its early phases [144]
Its history in the sixteenth century [146]
Hooker and Grotius [148]
Locke [149]
Hobbes [151]
Central propositions of the Social Contract—
1. Origin of society in compact [154]
Different conception held by the Physiocrats [156]
2. Sovereignty of the body thus constituted [158]
Difference from Hobbes and Locke [159]
The root of socialism [160]
Republican phraseology [161]
3. Attributes of sovereignty [162]
4. The law-making power [163]
A contemporary illustration [164]
Hints of confederation [166]
5. Forms of government [168]
Criticism on the common division [169]
Rousseau's preference for elective aristocracy [172]
6. Attitude of the state to religion [173]
Rousseau's view, the climax of a reaction [176]
Its effect at the French Revolution [179]
Its futility [180]
Another method of approaching the philosophy of government—
Origin of society not a compact [183]
The true reason of the submission of a minority to a majority [184]
Rousseau fails to touch actual problems [186]
The doctrine of resistance, for instance [188]
Historical illustrations [190]
Historical effect of the Social Contract in France and Germany [193]
Socialist deductions from it [194]
[CHAPTER IV.]
Emilius.
Rousseau touched by the enthusiasm of his time [197]
Contemporary excitement as to education, part of the revival of naturalism [199]