A DISCOURSE
ON A SUBJECT PROPOSED BY THE
ACADEMY OF DIJON:
WHAT IS THE ORIGIN OF INEQUALITY AMONG
MEN, AND IS IT AUTHORIZED BY
NATURAL LAW?
Non in depravatis, sed in his quae bene secundum naturam
se habent, considerandum est quid sit naturale.
ARISTOTLE, Politics, Bk. i, ch. 2. [We should consider what is natural not in things which are depraved but in those which are rightly ordered according to nature.]
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Chicago: Jean-Jacques Rousseau, "Title Description," A Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, trans. G. D. H. Cole Original Sources, accessed July 12, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XL7VR3B4G4U7B5D.
MLA: Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Title Description." A Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, translted by G. D. H. Cole, Original Sources. 12 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XL7VR3B4G4U7B5D.
Harvard: Rousseau, J, 'Title Description' in A Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, trans. . Original Sources, retrieved 12 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=XL7VR3B4G4U7B5D.