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In "The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right", Rousseau theorizes about the best way in which to set up a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society. The stated aim of the Social Contract is to determine whether there can be a legitimate political authority. In order to remove himself from the state of nature, man must enter into a Social Contract with others. In this social contract, everyone will be free because all forfeit the same amount of freedom and impose the same duties on all.