ll played a significant role in his argument. He believed that if individuals act as a group, put aside their particular will and think instead according to the general will, then what the individual want will coincide exactly with what the state wants. The state authority, will therefore be legitimate, as in obeying the state, individuals will be obeying themselves. The question now would be convincing each individual that they ought to think according to the general will. He further argues that particular wi
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