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Rousseau's general will, indeed, is at bottom no more than an assertion that right and truth should prevail; and for this also Locke was anxious.
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Harold J. Laski
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Laski summarizes Rousseau's general will as a call for the dominance of right and truth, akin to Locke's views.
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