1. When in popular assembly a law is proposed, what the people is asked is not exactly whether it approves or rejects the proposal, but whether it is in conformity of the general will, which is their will. Each man in giving his vote, states his opinion on that point , and the general will is found by counting votes. When therefore the opinion that is contrary to my own prevails, this proves neither more not less …
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…order to fulfil his responsibility to the state. This is represented by logic in the case of Rousseau and allusion to classical history which would have been immediately understood. Without looking at the historical context of these pieces these messages would not be apparent to the modern viewer, from a vastly different political and social climate. Bibliography (2003 edn) Block3 - History, Classicism and Revolution, Bath Press (2003 edn) Resource Book 2 (section C), Bath Press Illustration Book