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War and Peace vocabulary
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Le Contrat Social
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synonyms: The Social Contract ???
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Definition:A 1762 book by Rousseau where he claims that the size of the country determines the nature of its government, as larger countries tend to be more dictatorial whereas smaller countries tend to enjoy more freedom. Rousseau offers his solutions to these problems.
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a book, Le Contrat Social, had the effect of making Frenchmen begin to drown one another cannot be understood without an explanation of the causal nexus of this new force with the event.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 16 (Epilogues, characters, etc.)
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