Rousseau, signing the "Social Contract" as a citizen of Geneva, makes an effort to set the terms for the smooth functioning of a democratic state.

He proclaims that man has as his inheritance from nature the inviolable and sacred rights of freedom and equality, and he analyzes his view on the creation of societies.

The Social Contract is the agreement that free and equal individuals enter into in order to regulate their coexistence in the society in which they live, but also to protect their natural rights.

A difficult endeavor that requires a radical transformation of those participating in it. However, this agreement, according to Rousseau, is not an act of good individuals, but rather corresponds to the situations and problems caused by the now corrupt and selfish human nature due to civilization.