Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau added a new type of will to those discussed by philosophers, which he called the "General will" (volonté générale). This concept developed from Rousseau's considerations on the social contract theory of Hobbes, and describes the shared will of a whole citizenry, whose agreement is understood to exist in discussions about the legitimacy of governments and laws.
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“I undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
“The general will is always right.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)
“Everything that comes out of the hands of the Creator of all things is good, everything degenerates in the hands of man.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)