"The public force therefore needs an agent of its own to bind it together and set it to work under the direction of the general will, to serve as a means of communication between the State and the Sovereign, and to do for the collective person more or less what the union of soul and body does for man."
The Social Contract: or Principles of Political Right
Published in 1762. At least 8 entries in ESTC (1764, 1791, 1782, 1795).<br>
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, <u>The Social Contract: or Principles of Political Right</u>. Trans. G. D. H. Cole. No. 660 of Everyman's Library. New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., 1913. &lt;<a href="http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/RouSoci.html">Link to UVa Etext Center</a>&gt;<br>
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French text: <u>Du contrat social, ou principes du droit politique</u>, in <u>Collection complÃ¨te des Å“uvres</u>, 17 vols (GenÃ¨ve, 1780â€“1788). &lt;<a href="http://www.rousseauonline.ch/home.php">Rousseau Online</a>&gt;<br>
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See also <u>A Treatise on the Social Compact; or The Principles of Politic Law</u> (London: Printed for T. Becket, 1764). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=aXk3AQAAMAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;