# Hugo Grotius — The Social Contract character guide

> Hugo Grotius in The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Grotius

**First appearance:** 0006-ii-the-first-societies

## Who they are

Legal theorist referenced in discussions of slavery and the right of the strongest.

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