...oil runs out. The claim on the left is that "the first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found...simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of political society. What crimes . . . would the human race have been spared had someone pulled up the...

...of his essay, Rousseau states: The first man who, having enclosed a piece of land, thought of saying "This is mine" and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. How many crimes, war, murders; how much misery and horror the human race would have been spared if...

...Origins of Inequality (1754). "The first man who, having enclosed a piece of land, thought of saying "this is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society," Rousseau asserted. "How many crimes, wars, murders: how much misery and horror the human race would...

...thine. In the words of Rousseau, "The first man who after enclosing a piece of ground, bethought himself to say 'this is mine', and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. "The arts of agriculture and metallurgy were discovered and in the application...

...great step in the corruption of the species. "The first who, having enclosed some terrain, thought to say, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe it, was the true founder of civil society. What crimes, what wars, what murders, what miseries, and...

...Rousseau as the source of a train of evils: The first person who, having enclosed a piece of land, took it into his head to say, 'this is mine,' and...believe him, was the true founder of civil society. The human race would have been spared endless crimes, wars, murders, and horrors if someone had pulled...

...for the origin of "civil society": "The first who, having enclosed a piece of land, bethought himself to say 'this is mine,' and found people simple enough...believe him, was the true founder of civil society" ("Le premier qui, ayant enclos un terrain, s'avisa de dire: Ceci est a moi, et trouva des gens assez...

...Rousseau says, "The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, he thought himself of saying This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society.' Man's very existence and his self-preservation, according to Rousseau,...

...into inequality: The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying, This is mine, and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars and murders, from how many horrors and misfortunes...

...property, was Rousseau: The first man who, having enclosed a piece of ground, bethought himself of saying 'This is mine', and found people simple enough to believe him, was the real founder of civil society. By how many crimes, wars [etc. etc.] might not any one have saved mankind,...