The Body Politic

No true Democracy has ever existed, nor will ever exist.' In this selection from The Social Contract, Rousseau asserts that the only legitimate political authority of a state comes from its people. One of 46 new books in the best-selling Little Black Classics series, celebrating the first Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book offers readers a taste of the enormous range and diversity of the classics, with works from around the world and from around the world. the centuries, including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tales, satires, ghosts, battles and elephants.