Résumé
Essay on the civilised society. The evolution from the state of nature to the civil society is considered as the turning point of the civilisation. The social contract set up has regulated the societies thanks to rules, values that is to say due to the bases of a civilised society. To improve the men's perfectibility, they were condemned to exercise a self authority to reject the lasting bad pulsions. Thus, without self discipline and self restraint, can we go as far as to pretend to stay a civilised society?
Outline:
Introduction
I) A world between decadence and decline
A. The education
B. Need of repression
II) Between terror and discipline, we become aware of the decadence
A. Necessity of discipline
B. The political regulation
Conclusion