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Rousseau famously wrote that "Man is born free, but everywhere he is in:

  1. sin
  2. darkness
  3. chains
  4. conflict
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Correct answer: C. chains

1. This opens Rousseau's "Social Contract" (1762). 2. Natural freedom is constrained by unjust social institutions. 3. A legitimate social contract reconciles freedom with order. __Source: syllabus Political Theory Ch 2 — Rousseau on freedom__

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