![]() ![]() Other versions of the social contract viewed the contract as being between the people, but still asserted that they were obligated to obey their government. The idea of a social contract had existed since at the least the Renaissance, but previous versions claimed that there was a binding contract between rulers and the ruled. ![]() Later on, intellectual differences would strain his relationship with both men and make him somewhat of an outcast among the French Enlightenment figures. He wrote several articles for Diderot's Encyclopédie and was, for a time, good friends with Voltaire. In many ways, Rousseau was a philosopher because of his arguments against religion and his associations with other Enlightenment figures who shared the same anticlerical views. ![]() As a result, Rousseau was forced to flee his homeland and live under the protection of others for the rest of his life. Both works criticized religion, and were consequently banned in France and his native Geneva. In 1762, Rousseau published The Social Contract and another major work, Emile, or On Education. ![]()
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