Which French philosopher wrote The Social Contract, proposing a form of government based on an agreement between the people and their representatives?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued in The Social Contract that government should rest on a contract between people and their representatives. Montesquieu wrote The Spirit of the Laws, and John Locke, an English thinker, wrote Two Treatises of Government.