... that are put forward in his works that may suggest liberty was just an integral part of his writings as equality. I shall briefly outline what is meant by the key terms of the question. Firstly liberty, meaning basically, freedom, particularly from any unnecessary restraints imposed by governmental authority. Liberty was one of the slogans of the French Revolution, (http://www.fast-times.com/political/dictL.html) which Rousseau is seen as being the inspiration of. Equality according to McLean is basically the way that all members of a society are equal (1996 p130). Equality, in relation to the role of the state, especially Rousseau's idea of a state, is paramount to stability as if people do not feel equal then they will not uphold the virtues under which everyone else lives as they feel they are not getting enough from society. Perhaps the most famous concept that Rousseau produced was that of the General Will. This is ...

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