Rousseau’s claim that “men cannot create new forces, but merely unite and direct existing ones (Rousseau 147).” In view of that, Rousseau believed that what simply at some point man realized that there were some obstacles, which became harmful to their maintenance in the state of nature and eventually, these obstacles were strong enough to fight off the forces that each individual used to preserve himself in that state. And accordingly Rousseau emphasized that because of this it became clear to all men that there were advantages to seeming to be what one actually wasn’t. Because of this difference in appearing to be what one was not, in due course of time this led to the establishment of justice. So how does one create new forces by merely uniting and directing those, which already exist? Rousseau also questioned, “since each man’s force and liberty are the primary instruments of his maintenance, how is he going to engage them without hurting himself and without neglecting the care he owes himself (Rousseau 147-148)?” Initially, what must happen is, in an act of association each individual must alienate himself, together with all of his rights, to the entire community in which serves a common will. More importantly Rousseau explains that: “Since the alienation is made without reservation, the union is as perfect as possible, and no associate has anything further to demand…[and] in giving himself to all, each person gives himself to no one. And since there is no associate over whom he does not acquire the same right that he would grant others over himself, he gains the equivalent of everything he loses, along with the greater amount of force to preserve what he has (Rousseau 148).”The Creation of this new union that is called a “state” by its members when it acts passively and on the other hand when it is active the union is known as a sovereign. Consequen...
