...interest of two orders is given first and second place; the public interest is given merely third place. all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after does not allow of being represented. It is either itself or something else; there is nothing in between....

...interest of two orders is assigned first and second places, the public interest only third place. [5] Sovereignty cannot be represented for the same reason...consists essentially in the general will, and the will does not admit of being represented: either it is the same or it is different; there is no middle ground....

...and representatives has been adopted to replace the assemblies of the people. For Rousseau, however, sovereignty cannot be represented for the same reason that it cannot be alienated. It is clear that Rousseau's rejection of representation presupposed a demographically and geographically...

...interest of two orders is put in the first and second rank, the public interest only in the third. Sovereignty cannot be represented for the same reason...represented; it is the same or it is different; there is no medium. The deputies of the people, then, are not and cannot be its representatives; they are only...

...can be found in Rousseau's Social Contract. In opposition to such writers as Locke, Rousseau writes : Sovereignty cannot be represented for the same reason that it cannot be alienated; its essence is the general will, and that will must speak for itself or it does not exist: it is either...

...last of these corrupt practices conflicts with the principle derived from the social contract that: sovereignty cannot be represented for the same reason...the general will and the will cannot be represented . . . The deputies of the people, therefore, are not nor can they be its representatives; they are...

...social, p. 368). He returns to the charge in a chapter of book III specifically devoted to the issue: "Sovereignty cannot be represented for the same reason...alienated; it consists essentially in the general will, and will cannot be represented [la volonte ne se represente point]: It is the same or it is other; there...

...existence of a general will with which the population legislates for itself. "Sovereignty," he argues, "cannot be represented, for the same reason that it cannot be alienated. It consists essentially of the general will, and will cannot be represented."24 individuals to band together and form a society....

...is a rational subject who presents or embodies the signs of the body politic. As Rousseau explains, "[sovereignty cannot be represented, for the same reason that it cannot be alienated; its essence is the general will, and the will cannot be represented - either it is the general will...

...subject who presents or embodies the signs of the body politic. As Rousseau explains, "[sjovereignty cannot be represented, for the same reason that it cannot be alienated; its essence is the general will, and the will cannot be represented - either it is the general will...