Round 7: Tossup 5

This author may have originated an unattested anecdote of a princess saying “let them eat cake” in his Confessions. This author contrasted the primitive amour de soi with the societally-instilled amour-propre. Mary Wollstonecraft attacked this philosopher’s claim (-5[1])that women should be educated for (10[1])men’s pleasure from his book Emile. This (15[1])philosopher (15[1])promoted laws that represent the (*) “general will” in a book that expands on his earlier Discourse on Inequality. That treatise by this philosopher claims that “man is born free, and everywhere (10[1])he is in chains.” For 10 points, name this French political philosopher who wrote The Social Contract. ■END■ (0[1])

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