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The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Right (French: Du contrat social; ou, Principes du droit politique), is a 1762 French-language book by the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
The Social Contract: A Personal Inquiry into the Evolutionary Sources of Order and Disorder is a 1970 book by Robert Ardrey. It is the third in his four-book Nature of Man Series. The book extended Ardrey's refutation of the prevailing conviction within social sciences that all social behavior is purely learned and not governed by innate patterns.
The central assertion that social contract theory approaches is that law and political order are not natural, but human creations. The social contract and the political order it creates are simply the means towards an end—the benefit of the individuals involved—and legitimate only to the extent that they fulfill their part of the agreement.
African Genesis met with massive popular success and widespread recognition. It became an international bestseller and was translated into dozens of languages. [10] In 1962 it was a finalist for the National Book Award in nonfiction. [11] In 1969 Time magazine named African Genesis the most notable nonfiction book of the 1960s. [12]
The Social Contract, a book Jean-Jacques Rousseau published in 1762; The Social Contract, a paleoanthropology book by Robert Ardrey; A New Social Contract, a 2021 manifesto by Dutch politician Pieter Omtzigt
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De Genesi ad litteram (Ecclesiastical Latin: [de ˈdʒenezi ad ˈlitteram], Classical Latin: [deː ˈɡɛnɛsiː ad ˈlɪttɛrãː]; Literal Commentary on Genesis) [1] is an exegetical reading of the Book of Genesis written in Latin by Augustine of Hippo. [2]
'In [the] beginning'; Latin: Liber Genesis) is the first book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament. [1] Its Hebrew name is the same as its first word, Bereshit ('In the beginning'). Genesis purports to be an account of the creation of the world, the early history of humanity, and the origins of the Jewish people. [2]