A liberdade como conceito metafísico e jurídico em Rousseau

The aim of the article is to analyze the concept of freedom present in the work of Rousseau and to provide arguments to question the image of the natural man as a free being, in order to support the thesis according to which freedom only becomes possible with the exit of the state of nature described in the Discourse on the origins of inequality. Thus, the author intends to show that the appearing of consciousness and rationality is indispensable so that the man develops his virtual faculties and be able to create standards of behavior fo