commenting on a quote by Jim Craven from Rousseau's 'A Discourse on the Origin of Inequality', 1755, Paul Cheney writes that >>Rousseau is a bit more complicated on property than this. See for instance in his Discourse on Political Economy...<< Yes, but in the SOCIAL CONTRACT, which reflects Rousseau's mature political ideas, he called for strict societal limits on the amount of private property that any individual can own. Also, as with the other respondents to Cheney's comments, Rousseau followed Hobbes to see private property itself as a society-created institution. (He wasn't a follower of Locke, who arbitrarily decided that property rights were "natural.") I won't go further, because that would simply repeat what others (Ken Hanly, Mike Meeropol) have said. in pen-l solidarity, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ. 7900 Loyola Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045-8410 USA 310/338-2948 (daytime, during workweek); FAX: 310/338-1950 "It takes a busload of faith to get by." -- Lou Reed.
